Divided Hearts

Blackett, R. J. M.

Divided Hearts : Britain and the American Civil War / R J M Blackett - Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, . ©2001 - xiii, 273 pages ; 24 cm

Divided hearts explores the passionate political strife that raged in Britain as a result of the American Civil War. Moving beyond Mary Ellison's 1972 landmark regional study of Lancashire cotton workers' reactions, R.J.M. Blackett opens the subject to a new, wider transatlantic context of influence and undertakes a deftly researched and written sociological, intellectual, and political examination of who in Britain supported the Union, who the Confederacy, and why

Divided hearts explores the passionate political strife that raged in Britain as a result of the American Civil War. Moving beyond Mary Ellison's 1972 landmark regional study of Lancashire cotton workers' reactions, R.J.M. Blackett opens the subject to a new, wider transatlantic context of influence and undertakes a deftly researched and written sociological, intellectual, and political examination of who in Britain supported the Union, who the Confederacy, and why

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History of North America
United States
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Foreign public opinion, British.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901.
États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Opinion publique britannique.
Grande-Bretagne -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1837-1901.
Confederate States of America -- Foreign public opinion, British.
Public opinion, British.

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