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mastering america southern slaveholders and the crisis of american nationhood
mastering america recounts efforts of proslavery nationalists to navigate the nineteenth century geopolitics of imperialism federalism and nationalism and to articulate themes of american mission in overtly proslavery terms . at the heart of this study are spokesmen of the southern master class who crafted a vision of american destiny that put chattel slavery at its center . looking beyond previous studies of the links between these proslavery nationalists and secession the book sheds new light on the relationship between the conservative unionism of the 1850s and the key formulations of confederate nationalism that arose during war in the 1860s . bonner s innovative research charts the crucial role these men and women played in the development of american imperialism constitutionalism evangelicalism and popular patriotism .
paperback cambridge university press 2009 isbn13 9780521541770 isbn10 0521541778
abridged n isbn 13 9780521541770 number in series 1 number of pages 346 publisher cambridge univ pr release date 62135769600000 series title cambridge studies on the american south