List of Figures | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
"A Burning and Shining Light": Prosperity and Enlightened Governance in Antebellum New Bedford | p. 10 |
"The Nearest Approach to Freedom and Equality": African Americans in Antebellum New Bedford | p. 32 |
"Suppression of an Unholy Rebellion": Wartime Mobilization on the Home Front | p. 53 |
"Citizen-Soldiers of Massachusetts": New Bedford's Volunteers in the Civil War | p. 77 |
"Boys, I Only Did My Duty": New Bedford's Black Soldiers in the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts | p. 99 |
"Worthy Recipients": New Bedford's Black Veterans and the Web of Social Welfare | p. 119 |
"Business Is Extremely Dull": Whaling and Manufacturing in Wartime New Bedford | p. 138 |
"The Position of Our City Has Materially Changed": Public Costs and Municipal Governance during the Civil War | p. 164 |
"The Great Hope for the Future": New Bedford in the Postbellum Era | p. 184 |
"On the Alter of Our Common Country": Contested Commemorations of the Civil War | p. 201 |
Epilogue | p. 219 |
Notes | p. 223 |
Index | p. 299 |
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