The Civil War as Global Conflict: Transnational Meanings of the American Civil War

A collection of scholarly essays exploring the American Civil War from international perspectives.

In an attempt to counter the insular narratives of much of the sesquicentennial commemorations of the Civil War in the United States, editors David T. Gleeson and Simon Lewis present this collection of essays that examine the war as more than a North American conflict, one with transnational concerns. The book, while addressing the origins of the Civil War, places the struggle over slavery and...