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Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War Ser.: Patriotic Envelopes of the Civil War : The Iconography of Union and Confederate Covers by Steven R. Boyd (2010, Hardcover)

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During the Civil War, private printers in both the North and South produced a vast array of envelopes featuring iconography designed to promote each side's war effort. Many of these "covers" featured depictions of soldiers, prominent political leaders, Union or Confederate flags, Miss Liberty, Martha Washington, or even runaway slaves -- at least fifteen thousand pro-Union and two hundred fifty pro-Confederate designs appeared between 1861 and 1865. In Patriotic Envelopes of the Civil War, the first book-length analysis of these covers, Steven R. Boyd explores their imagery to understand what motivated soldiers and civilians to support a war far more protracted and destructive than anyone anticipated in 1861. Northern envelopes, Boyd shows, typically document the centrality of the preservation of the Union as the key issue that, if unsuccessful, would lead to the destruction of United States, its Constitution, and its way of life. Confederate covers, by contrast, usually illustrate a competing vision of an independent republic free of the "tyranny" of the United States. Each side's flags and presidents symbolize these two rival viewpoints. Images of presidents Davis and Lincoln, often portrayed as contestants in a boxing match, personalized the contest and served to rally citizens to the cause of southern independence or national preservation. In the course of depicting the events of the period, printers also revealed the impact of the war on females and African Americans. Some envelopes, for example, featured women on the home front engaging in a variety of patriotic tasks that would have been almost unthinkable before the war. African Americans, on the other hand, became far more visible in American popular culture, especially in the North, where Union printers showed them pursuing their own liberation from southern slavery. With more than 180 full-color illustrations, Patriotic Envelopes of the Civil War is a nuanced and fascinating examination of Civil War iconography that moves a previously overlooked source from the periphery of scholarly awareness into the ongoing analysis of America's greatest tragedy.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
LSU Press
ISBN-10
0807136859
ISBN-13
9780807136850
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92443004

Product Key Features

Language
English
Topic
Stamps, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), General, Popular Culture, American Government / General, Art, Antiques & Collectibles, History, Social Science, Political Science
Author
Steven R. Boyd
Illustrator
Yes

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Width
6.1in

Additional Product Features

Book Title
Patriotic Envelopes of the Civil War : the Iconography of Union and Confederate Covers
Lccn
2010-002755
LeafCats
378
Dewey Decimal
769.56/5097309034
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lc Classification Number
He6184.C65b69 2010
Copyright Date
2010
Series
Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War Ser.
Publication Year
2010
Dewey Edition
22
Format
Hardcover
Number of Pages
168 Pages

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Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War Ser.: Patriotic Envelopes of the Civil War : The Iconography of Union and Confederate Covers by Steven R. Boyd (2010, Hardcover)

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A necessary reference book to the collector of Civil War patriotic envelopes