Slavery and War in the Americas: Race, Citizenship, and State Building in the United States and Brazil, 1861-1870

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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 one Military Traditions Confront Mass Mobilization in the United States and Brazil 7 two The Crisis of the American Recruitment System: Union Army Recruitment, April 1861–July 1863 25 three From Inertia to Insurgence: The Crisis in Brazilian Recruitment, 1865–1868 60 four Forged in Inequality: The Recruitment of Black Soldiers in the United States, September 1862–April 1865 92 five Manumitting and Enlisting the Slaves in Brazil, December 1866–August 1868 128 Conclusion: Processes, Effects, Distortions 163 Notes 177 Bibliography 215 Index 237 ...