{"product_id":"race-and-radicalism-in-the-union-army-9780252079252","title":"Race and Radicalism in the Union Army","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this compelling portrait of interracial activism  Mark A. Lause documents the efforts of radical followers of John Brown to construct a triracial portion of the Federal Army of the Frontier. Mobilized and inspired by the idea of a Union that would benefit all  black  Indian  and white soldiers fought side by side  achieving remarkable successes in the field. Against a backdrop of idealism  racism  greed  and the agonies and deprivations of combat  Lause examines links between radicalism and reform  on the one hand  and racialized interactions among blacks  Indians  and whites  on the other. Lause examines how this multiracial vision of American society developed on the Western frontier. Focusing on the men and women who supported Brown in territorial Kansas  Lause examines the impact of abolitionist sentiment on relations with Indians and the crucial role of nonwhites in the conflict. Through this experience  Indians  blacks  and whites began to see their destinies as interdependent  and Lause discusses the radicalizing impact of this triracial Unionism upon the military course of the war in the upper Trans-Mississippi. The aftermath of the Civil War destroyed much of the memory of the war in the West  particularly in the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). The opportunity for an interracial society was quashed by the governments willingness to redefine the lucrative field of Indian exploitation for military and civilian officials and contractors. Assessing the social interrelations  ramifications  and military impact of nonwhites in the Union forces  Race and Radicalism in the Union Army explores the extent of interracial thought and activity among Americans in this period and greatly expands the historical narrative on the Civil War in the West.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45960540422197,"sku":"ByrdShop_0252079256","price":45.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780252079252.jpg?v=1788290338","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/race-and-radicalism-in-the-union-army-9780252079252","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}