Becoming American under Fire: Irish Americans, African Americans, and the Politics of Citizenship during the Civil War Era
Becoming American under Fire explores the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era through the experiences of Irish Americans and African Americans. Christian G. Samito examines how war, identity, and political debate shaped competing ideas about belonging and what it meant to become American.
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Becoming American under Fire examines citizenship during the Civil War era.
The book focuses on Irish Americans and African Americans, placing their experiences within a period of national conflict and political change.
It considers the relationship between American identity, citizenship, and political participation.
Christian G. Samito offers a historical study of how questions of belonging were contested during this pivotal era.
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