New York: Fordham University Press, Date: 1998. 282 pp. Original pictorial wraps, lightly soiled w/ modest edge wear. Faint soiling to edges of text block. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1998. Fordham University Press ISBN 0823218287 9780823218288 [US]

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Paperback / softback. New. This work shows how immigrants in the USA responded to the Civil War. It stresses the social and political situation in the US from which the phenomonon of the ethnic regiments emerged, the relationships the groups had within larger society, and the impact the war had on the ethnics. ISBN 0823218287 9780823218288 [GB]

Fordham Univ Pr, Date: 1998. Paperback. New. 2nd edition. 282 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. 1998. Fordham Univ Pr ISBN 0823218287 9780823218288 [GB]

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Fordham Univ Pr, Date: 1998. Paperback. New. 2nd edition. 282 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. 1998. Fordham Univ Pr ISBN 0823218287 9780823218288 [GB]

ISBN10: 0823218287, ISBN13: 9780823218288, [publisher: Fordham University Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Melting Pot Soldiers is the story of how immigrants responded to the drama of the Civil War. When the war began in 1861, there were, in most states in the North, large populations of immigrants (primarily from Western Europe) whose leaders were active in American politics at the local, state, and national level. A characteristic feature of the formation of the Union armies was the role played by politicians in the recruitment of the regiment, the basic unit of the army. There were dozens of such regiments, mostly German and Irish, but also a Scandinavian unit, and there was an attempt to form a Scottish regiment. As the war progressed and casualties mounted, these regiments gradually lost their ethnic composition. Ethnic entrepreneurs were the key figures in the organization of these regiments, and such men ordinarily intended to parlay their military service into a post-war political career. Some succeeded; some lost their lives. The book stresses the social and political situation in the Union states from which the phenomenon of the ethnic regiments emerged, the individual leaders involved, relationships with the larger society, political fighting within and between the various ethnic groups, and the impact the war had on the ethnics. Central to this book is the theme that the war promoted assimilation - ...