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N e w e s t B o r n o f N a t i o n s A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era orville vernon Burton and elizaBeth r. varon, Editors Newest Born of Nations European Nationalist Movements and the Making of the Confederacy ANN L. TuCkEr university of virginia Press Charlottesville and London university of Virginia Press © 2020 by the rector and Visitors of the university of Virginia All rights reserved Printed in the united States of America on acid- free paper First published 2020 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Tucker, Ann L., author. Title: Newest born of nations : European nationalist movements and the making of the Confederacy / Ann L. Tucker. Other titles: Nation divided. Description: Charlottesville : university of Virginia Press, 2020. | Series: A nation divided : studies in the Civil War era | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019057959 (print) | LCCN 2019057960 (ebook) | ISbN 9780813944289 (cloth) | ISbN 9780813944296 (ebook) Subjects: LCSh: Nationalism—Confederate States of America—history. | Nationalism—Europe—history—19th century. | united States—history— Civil War, 1861–1865—Causes. | Confederate States of America—history. | Southern States—history—1775–1865. Classification: LCC E459 .T88 2020 (print) | LCC E459 (ebook) | DDC 973.7/13—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019057959 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019057960 Cover art: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples on 7 September 1860 (Pictorial Press Ltd./Alamy Stock Photo) For my family C o n t e n t s acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part I. Age of Revolutions, 1820–1850 15 1. The revolution of ’76 Extending Itself across the Seas: Southern Analysis of European revolutions 17 Part II. Antebellum Sectionalism, 1850–1860 39 2. Let the South Take Warning: Slavery and Expansion in an International Context 41 3. A Tool Wherewith to Promote Agitation: European revolutionaries and Sectional Tension 67 Part III. Secession, 1860–1861 91 4. Equal among the Other Nations: Secessionists’ Liberal International Perspective 93 5. Without a Parallel and Without a rival: Secessionists’ Conservative International Perspective 115 6. Disunion . . . Is Fatal in the End: Southern unionists’ International Perspective 134 Part IV. Wartime Realities, 1861–1865 157 7. Of What Avail Are the Appeals of the South: The Evolution of the Liberal Confederate International Perspective 159 8. We Stand Alone: The Evolution of the Conservative and unionist International Perspectives 183 viii contents Conclusion 201 notes 207 BiBliograPhy 241 index 253 A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s This work has moved with me through many chapters of my life, from graduate student to assistant professor, through multiple new jobs, and across the South- east in a series of interstate moves. At each of these stages, I was fortunate to receive support and assistance without which this book would not be possible. I want to thank everyone who helped me with and through this project. This book would not be what it is without the guidance of Don Doyle, who patiently helped me take a few unformed ideas and turn them into something meaningful, who provided countless suggestions for fruitful avenues of inquiry, who helped me clarify the parameters of the project and the ideas within, and who helped me parlay this work into a career. This work also benefited from the mentorship of many other scholars who have been generous with their time and assistance. My professors at the uni- versity of Alabama and the university of South Carolina helped me develop the knowledge and skills of a historian. In particular, my committee members Thomas brown, Lacy Ford, and Paul Quigley helped refine my ideas and set me on the path to this finished book. My fellow graduate students also provided helpful advice and insight as I was shaping this project. As this project developed from idea to research to manuscript, many friends and colleagues have read portions of this work and shared their thoughts and suggestions. In particular, colleagues and graduate students at the university of Mississippi read and provided critical feedback on the newer portions of this work. My department and administration at the university of North Georgia, led by Jeff Pardue, have also been immensely supportive of this project, provid- ing the support I needed to finish it. Additionally, friends and colleagues kari Frederickson, Vernon burton, Amy Fluker, Charles Eagles, Michael Woods, David Prior, Thomas Scarritt, beatrice burton, and kathryn Tucker have pro- vided significant support for this work or my career. The earliest ideas for this project originated when I studied abroad in Venice, Italy, while an undergraduate at Wake Forest; I immediately fell in love with Italy and knew I wanted to study connections between Italy and the South. Such an opportunity would not have been possible without the help of Thomas Phil- lips and randal hall, then scholarship directors at Wake Forest, who mentored me through my undergraduate career and early historical research.
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