Born in blood : violence and the making of America

Title:

Author:

Gac, Scott, author.

ISBN:

9781316511886

9781009054782

Personal Author:

Gac, Scott, author.

Physical Description:

viii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

General Note:

Source of cataloging data: WCP

Abstract:

"This important and timely book explains the political culture of violence that has shaped the United States from its inception. It will engage students, scholars and general readers interested in American history, African American history, and American studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction -- a system of violence: liberal society in the United States -- Part one: early manifestations -- A revolution restrained -- Life in the army of the continent -- The code of American violence -- Part two: evolutions -- The 1850s: a people's government and the politics of belligerence -- The United States greets John Brown -- 1860: the undisputed election that sparked dispute -- Emancipation's fury -- Part three: modern traditions -- To 1877: American capitalism and the geography of violence -- Layering law and resistance in the great strikes -- Words and ropes: the postwar battles over racial order.

Subject Term:

Violence -- United States -- History.

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Born in Blood investigates one of history's most violent undertakings: The United States of America. People the world over consider violence in the United States as measurably different than that which troubles the rest of the globe, citing reasons including gun culture, the American West, Hollywood, the death penalty, economic inequality, rampant individualism, and more. This compelling examination of American violence explains a political culture of violence from the American Revolution to the Gilded Age, illustrating how physical force, often centered on racial hierarchy, sustained the central tenets of American liberal government. It offers an important story of nationhood, told through the experiences and choices of civilians, Indians, politicians, soldiers, and the enslaved, providing historical context for understanding how violence has shaped the United States from its inception.