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"Divided Hearts explores the passionate political strife that raged in Britain as a result of the American Civil War. Moving beyond Mary Ellison's 1972 landmark regional study of Lancashire cotton workers' reactions, R. J. M. Blackett opens the subject to a new, wider transatlantic context of influence and undertakes a deftly researched and written sociological, intellectual, and political examination of who in Britain supported the Union, who the Confederacy, and why.". "The American Civil War had a profound effect on Britain's political culture; no other event during that period - not in…
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2 editions- Hardcover · English · 2000Louisiana State University Press · 273 pages · 9780807125953
- Paperback · English · 2000Louisiana State University Press · 273 pages · 9780807126455
Politics and governmentBritish Foreign public opinionPublic opinionUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865HistoryForeign relationsBritish Public opinionBeeldvorming