MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009023335
003 DLC
005 20100219094633.0
008 090605s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng c
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020 $a9780801448461 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aE540.I6$bS25 2009
082 00 $a973.7/415$222
100 1 $aSamito, Christian G.
245 10 $aBecoming American under fire :$bIrish Americans, African Americans, and the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era /$cChristian G. Samito.
260 $aIthaca :$bCornell University Press,$c2009.
263 $a0910
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe crisis of citizenship in the 1850s -- The question of armed service -- African Americans in arms -- Equal rights and the experience of military justice for African American soldiers -- Irish Americans in arms -- African Americans and the call for rights -- The affirmation of naturalized citizenship in America -- The affirmation of naturalized citizenship abroad -- Epilogue : the legacy of national citizenship in the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xParticipation, Irish American.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xParticipation, African American.
650 0 $aIrish American soldiers$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aAfrican American soldiers$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aIrish Americans$xLegal status, laws, etc.$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xLegal status, laws, etc.$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aCitizenship$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1861-1865.