{"product_id":"jersey-blue-civil-war-politics-in-new-jersey-1854-1865-paperback-softback-9780813526942","title":"Jersey Blue; Civil War Politics in New Jersey, 1854–1865 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813526942","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJersey Blue\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCivil War Politics in New Jersey, 1854–1865\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Gillette (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813526942\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 March 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e408 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.626 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eGilette has done Civil War studies in the North a service by exploring in great depth the interrelated political issues of slavery, expansion, unionism, and dissent. . . . [It's] the most comprehensive and penetrating study of New Jersey politics in the Civil War era.\u003c\/div\u003e (Civil War History)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis political history of New Jersey during the Civil War and the years immediately before and after invites us to rethink New Jersey's role and in particular its relationship to the border states. William Gillette argues that there is little evidence supporting the idea that New Jersey's residents were pro-southern before the war, or even antiwar during it, although attitudes toward the abolition of slavery were more ambivalent. The perspectives Gillette offers in Jersey Blue, from the recruiting ground, the battlefield, and the home front, cast new light on New Jersey's wartime activities, state identity, and our understanding of the interrelationships between New Jersey's national, regional, and state developments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGillette takes a broader view of the politics of the Civil War as he touches on the economy, geography, demography, immigration, nativism, conscription, and law. The result is a pioneering history of New Jersey that deepens our understanding of the Civil War.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e1. Change and Continuity, 1854-1856\u003cbr\u003e 2. Precarious Balance, 1857-1859\u003cbr\u003e 3. Contests for the Presidential Nominations of 1860\u003cbr\u003e 4. Party Paralysis and Unionist Consensus: The Election of 1860\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Union in Peril: New Jerseyans React to Secession\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Politics of Patriotism, 1861\u003cbr\u003e 7. New Jerseyans Go to War\u003cbr\u003e 8. Partisanship in Wartime, 1862\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Perils of Power: Democratic Factionalism in Early 1863\u003cbr\u003e 10. War Crises in 1863\u003cbr\u003e 11. Preelection Skirmishing in Early 1864\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Wounds of War: The Presidential Election of 1864\u003cbr\u003e 13. Northern Triumph and National Tragedy\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Fruits of Victory: The State Election of 1865\u003cbr\u003e Statistical Appendix \/ Lex Renda\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559277949208,"sku":"9780813526942","price":28.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/jersey-blue-civil-war-politics-in-new-jersey-1854-1865-paperback-softback-9780813526942","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}