Deserter country, Civil War opposition in the Pennsylvania Appalachians, Robert M. Sandow
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Deserter country, Civil War opposition in the Pennsylvania Appalachians, Robert M. Sandow
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non fiction
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Deserter country
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Robert M. Sandow
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The North's Civil War
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Civil War opposition in the Pennsylvania Appalachians
Summary
A study of one rural region in the North where war resistance flourished. During the Civil War, there were explosions of resistance to the war throughout the Union-from the deadly draft riots in New York City to other, less well-known outbreaks. In Deserter Country, Robert M. Sandow explores one of these least known "inner civil wars": the widespread, sometimes violent opposition in the Appalachian lumber country of Pennsylvania. Sparsely settled, these mountains were home to divided communities that provided a safe haven for opponents of the war. The dissent of mountain folk reflected their own marginality in the face of rapidly increasing exploitation of timber resources by big firms, as well as partisan debates over loyalty. One of the few studies of the northern Appalachians, this book draws revealing parallels to the War in the southern mountains, exploring the roots of rural protest in frontier development, the market economy, military policy, partisan debate, and everyday resistance. Sandow also sheds new light on the party politics of rural resistance, rejecting easy depictions of war-opponents as traitors and malcontents for a more nuanced and complicated study of class, economic upheaval, and localism
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- Pennsylvania -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Protest movements
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Protest movements
- Appalachians (People) -- Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
- Appalachians (People) -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century
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- Electronic books
- Pennsylvania -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Protest movements
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Protest movements
- Appalachians (People) -- Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
- Appalachians (People) -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century
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