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Millenarian dreams and racial nightmares : the American Civil War as an apocalyptic conflict / John H. Matsui.

Author/creator Matsui, John H., 1981- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2021]
Copyright Notice ©2021
Descriptionx, 295 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Conflicting worlds
Conflicting worlds. ^A449147
Contents Prologue: The Civil War as an Eschatological Crisis -- Introduction: Harriet Tubman's (Pre)Millennium, 1850-1859, and the Fugitive Slave Act -- 1. John Brown's Apocalypse, 1859-1860 -- 2. Harriet Tubman;s Millennium, 1860 -- 3. Robert L. Dabney's Apocalypse, 1862 -- 4. Sojourner Truth's Millennium, 1863 -- 5. George B. McClellan's Apocalypse, 1864 -- 6. Oliver O. Howard's Millennium, 1865 -- Epilogue: Edmund Ruffin's Apocalypse, June 1865.
Abstract In Millenarian Dreams and Racial Nightmares, John H. Matsui argues that the political ideology and racial views of American Protestants during the Civil War mirrored their religious optimism or pessimism regarding human nature, perfectibility, and the millennium. While previous historians have commented on the role of antebellum eschatology in political alignment, none have delved deeply into how religious views complicate the standard narrative of the North versus the South--back cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 233-286) and index.
Genre/formHistory.
ISBN9780807174821 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
ISBN0807174823 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
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