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Slavery and war in the Americas

Izecksohn, Vitor.

Slavery and war in the Americas race, citizenship, and state building in the United States and Brazil, 1861-1870 / [electronic resource] : Vitor Izecksohn. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - A nation divided : studies in the Civil War era . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Military traditions confront mass mobilization in the United States and Brazil -- The crisis of the American recruitment system : Union Army recruitment, April 1861-July 1863 -- From inertia to insurgence : the crisis in Brazilian recruitment, 1865-1868 -- Forged in inequality : the recruitment of Black soldiers in the United States, September 1862-April 1865 -- Manumitting and enlisting the slaves in Brazil, December 1866-August 1868 -- Conclusion: Processes, effects, distortions.

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Citizenship--History--19th century.
Recruiting and enlistment--History--19th century.
Soldiers, Black--History--19th century.
Slavery--Political aspects--History--19th century.
Nation-building--History--19th century.
Paraguayan War, 1865-1870--Blacks.


Brazil--Race relations--Political aspects--History--19th century.
United States--Race relations--Political aspects--History--19th century.
Brazil--History, Military--19th century.
United States--History--African Americans.--Civil War, 1861-1865


Electronic books.

E540.N3 / I93 2014

973.7/415