Old England, New England, and the Civil War: How a Clash of Cultures Ignited a Global Campaign for Racial Equality and Civil Rights

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The first study to document how the Civil War brought about a bitter cultural and political conflict between Great Britain and the United States, a conflict that ignited a global struggle for racial equality and human rights.This study tells for the first time the story of a bitter cultural and political conflict that arose between the leading writers and intellectuals of Great Britain and the United States during the Civil War. The latter were virtually all New Englanders. Ralph Waldo Emerson was a central figure. The British side included such notables as Thomas Carlyle, Matthew Arnold, and John Ruskin. The conflict was focused on the viability of liberal democracy and the notion that "all men are created equal." The question was: What type of social, political, and cultural paradigm was best suited to ensure the advancement of civilization––one in which all have equal rights, regardless of race or class, or one where a small number of privileged white elites exercise a controlling power? The New Englanders embraced the former and the British the latter. The result was a bitter alienation that ignited a global campaign for racial equality and universal human rights.
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2025

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Book Size:
368 Pages
ISBN-13:
9798855802139
Related ISBNs:
9798855802122, 9798855802115
Publisher:
State University of New York Press
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SUNY
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No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts, Politics and Government
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