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Brutalność nowoczesności i amerykańska wojna secesyjna

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Kamieński Ł.

Politeja : Pismo Wydziału Studiów Miedzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

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2011

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issue 1(15)

285-326

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While the Crimean War (1853 -1856) was the first modern war, the American Civil War (1861 -1865) came to be the first modern total war, which foreshadowed the terrible modern cruelty of the two World Wars. As such, the Civil War played a crucial role in the transformation towards brutalization, totalization, and dehumanization of warfare in the West in the 19th and 20th century. Since modern war was the product of modernity, the origins of its instrumentalization, technicalization, bureaucratization, and in turn – also barbarization and totalization, can be drawn from “the dark face” of modernity. Modernity carried within itself a great potential for progress and development, but also – being exceptionally dialectical – an enormous capacity for destruction. Therefore, one can look for connections between modern war and the “cruelty of modernity”, for which the American Civil War is a good case study.

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Większość arytmetyczna czy konkurencyjna? Konstytucja Stanów Zjednoczonych w myśli politycznej Johna Caldwella Calhouna

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Tulejski T.

Przegląd Sejmowy

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2023

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issue 4(177)

151-178

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John Caldwell Calhoun was an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who defended the interest of the Union southern states. Calhoun was one of staunch spokesmen of slavery, but in this article the author presents his constitutional and political thought. After the introduction of the Tariff of Abominations Calhoun became one of the most important actors in the nullification crisis and a defender of states’ rights, limited federal government and the right to nullify. Referring to the ideas of the Founding Fathers, Calhoun considered the Union as a union of sovereign states and he opposed the strengthening of the federal government. He rejected numerical democracy and advocated the introduction of a constitutional reform protecting minority from the tyranny of majority. He proposed the concept of a concurent majority, which took into account various interests and, consequently, defended the agricultural South from the industrial domination of the North. His reflections and warnings heavily influenced the South’s secession and the outbreak of the Civil War.

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Approaches to the History of the American Civil War in Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind and its Film Adaptation by Victor Fleming

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Jarosz A.

Academic Journal of Modern Philology

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2013

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vol. 2

27-38

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Gone With the Wind, a bestseller written in 1936 by Margaret Mitchell is a novel and unique chronicle narrating the events of the American Civil War and the Reconstruction Period, presented from the Southern point of view. The novel and its film adaptation by Victor Fleming are two American masterpieces and both have been objects of numerous research. However, the film seems to have overshadowed the book, as not much research has been done on the latter so far. Although historical information gathered by the author happens to be amazingly abundant and accurate, the novel has been neglected in the field of historical novels. While the novel constitutes (almost a personal) representation of the Civil War era seen by Margaret Mitchell, told from the point of view of a Southerner, the film omits numerous historical details and interprets some of them individually, making it an adaptation of the novel, and not of the history. As a result, the film can be seen as a performance within a performance. Alterations of the historical information presented by the filmmakers could be the result of censorship or lack of recognition of the sensitivity towards understanding the war. In other cases, it could be the result of a deliberate artistic action in order to make the content of the film more melodramatic. The task of adapting the novel of a thousand pages in a film was complex and resulted in a limitation of the content that was to be transferred. Therefore, the film makers chose to limit the historical information. The film centers on the protagonist, Scarlett O’Hara and does not represent the War. In fact, the war only constitutes the background for the plot presented. The film omits and limits some information, which sounds very logical considering the dense form of the novel. The aim of this work is to compare the official historical version of the American Civil War recognized to be “reliable” by historians with its literary and film adaptations and investigate the refl ection of the war in both.

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Black Mirror: A Comparative History of Polish and American Failures

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Górny M.

Acta Poloniae Historica

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2021

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vol. 123

117-141

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Even though they occurred around the same time, the Polish January Uprising of 1863/64 and the American Civil War (1861–5) have seldom been considered in the same context by historians, while comparative historical studies of the events are scarce. The present article explores the historiography relating to both countries to, firstly, outline the most interesting attempts in existing Polish and US-American research to find shared aspects in the two events. Secondly, my study establishes and analyses phenomena and themes in these parallel histories that could prove most fruitful for comparative investigation. In conclusion, I assess the potential that comparative approaches could generate for the historiography of the American Civil War and the January Uprising.

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Ideological and organizational changes in American peace movements on the eve of the Civil War. A study of Peter Brock’s thought

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Bado B.

Polish Journal of Political Science

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2021

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vol. 7

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issue 4

7-29

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The author peruses Peter Brock’s publication in a search for answers to the questions concerning ideological and organizational changes in American peace movements just before the Civil War. This venture shows the complexity of the terminology related to the impact of pacifist ideology on society. The article presents the evolution of the term ‘pacifism’ and the essential components consolidating the respective research area. Following Peter Brock’s thinking the author presents pacifism in relation to religion, state, politics, abolitionism, use of force and war.

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Greco-Roman precedents on Confederate currency

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Győri V.

In Gremium. Studia nad Historią, Kulturą i Polityką

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2019

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vol. 13

41-55

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This paper examines why and how, during the period of the American Civil War, the Southern Confederacy modelled itself on the ideals of the Greco-Roman world. One of the best ways to exemplify the link between the Old South and the classical antiquity is to analyze the banknotes and coins of the Treasury of the Confederate States of America. Confederate currency demonstrates the significant impact Greece and Rome had on the values, ideals, and society that the Old South founded itself on.

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Niniejszy artykuł stara się odpowiedzieć na pytania dlaczego i w jaki sposób w okresie wojny secesyjnej Konfederacja wzorowała się na ideałach świata grecko-rzymskiego. Jednym z najlepszych sposobów zilustrowania połączenia między Południem a antykiem jest analiza banknotów i monet Departamentu Skarbu Skonfederowanych Stanów Ameryki. Środki płatnicze Konfederatów wskazują na znaczący wpływ, jaki Grecja i Rzym wywierały na wartości, ideały i społeczeństwo stanowiące fundament Południa.

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Artyści czy propagatorzy? Twórcy najpopularniejszych pieśni okresu wojny secesyjnej

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Sporyń T.

Wieki Stare i Nowe

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2019

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vol. 14

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issue 19

162-182

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Wojna secesyjna to okres rozkwitu amerykańskiej muzyki żołnierskiej. Tworzyli wówczas wybitni amerykańscy muzycy, m.in. Stephen Collins Foster, Daniel Decatur Emmett czy George Frederick Root. Artykuł przedstawia ich losy, procesy związania z armią oraz ich najpopularniejszeutwory, które wykorzystywano podczas wojny. Jedni twórcy pisali swoje dzieła specjalnie dla celów militarnych lub politycznych. Inni z kolei tworzyli utwory uniwersalne, po które sięgnęły armie Unii i Konfederacji. Coraz większą popularność zyskiwały marsze wojskowe oraz muzyka typu blackface minstrels.

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The article presents the most popular authors of American military songs whose musical pieces were to a greater or lesser degree utilised during the American Civil War. Biographies of five among them, namely: Stephen Collins Foster, Daniel Decatur Emmett, George Frederick Root as well as Harry McCarthy and Patrick Gilmore are the main focus of this article. In addition, other creators are mentioned, the ones who were less known, and therefore contributed to the development of American war music slightly less. Foster and Emmett are rather associated with the so‑called Blackface minstrels’ music, Root - with typical soldiers’ songs, whereas McCarthy and Gilmore - with musical Irish influences. The article contains descriptions of such songs as: Dixie, Ring de banjo, Oh! Susanna, We are coming Father Abraham, 300 thousand more, The Battle cry of Freedom, Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, Marching through Georgia, Bonnie Blue Flag, When Johnny Comes Marching Home.

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Ameryka odkupiona, czyli Johna Mattesona Miejsce gorsze niż piekło

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Świerkot M.

ER(R)GO: Teoria – Literatura – Kultura

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2020

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issue 41

227-232

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The present reflections address a text which resists any attempts at unambivalent categorization in terms of its genre. John Mattenson’s most recent book offers its reader not only a fascinating intellectual experience but also an intimate inside journey. In A Worse Place Than Hell the biographies of five main protagonists – Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., John Pelham, Walt Whitman, Arthur B. Fuller, Louisa May Alcott – are the canvas, upon which the Author paints the biography of an adolescent country at the brink of a collapse. It is a (hi)story of the rite of passage from partisan egotism to civic responsibility, a social development that made America’s maturity possible. After Fredericksburg, the ultimate catastrophe was averted owing to the ethical integrity of individuals whose faith would redeem the initiative that America had stood for – and still stands – since 1776. Matteson’s book may still help inspire yet another ethical awakening in the nation fragmented more severely than ever since the end of the Civil War.

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Niniejsze rozważania dotyczą tekstu, który opiera się wszelkim próbom jednoznacznej gatunkowej kategoryzacji. Rygorystyczna pod względem akademickim i wierna historycznym szczegółom, najnowsza książka Johna Mattensona – arcydzieło życiopisania (life-writing) – proponuje czytelnikowi nie tylko fascynujące doświadczenie intelektualne, ale także intymną podróż do wnętrza samego siebie. W Miejscu gorszym niż piekło biografie pięciu głównych bohaterów – Olivera Wendella Holmesa Jr., Johna Pelhama, Walta Whitmana, Arthura B. Fullera i Louisy May Alcott – stanowią płótno, na którym autor, laureat nagrody Pulitzera, maluje biografię młodzieńczego kraju na skraju upadku. Jest to opowieść o rytuale przejścia od egoistycznej stronniczości do obywatelskiej odpowiedzialności, historia społecznych przemian, które przeprowadziły Amerykę w dojrzałość. Po klęsce pod Fredericksburgiem, ostatecznej katastrofie Unii udało się zapobiec dzięki prawości jednostek. Głęboka moralność pojedynczych Amerykanów odkupiła wyrosłą z wiary inicjatywę, która powołała Amerykę do istnienia, i na której – od 1776 – roku Ameryka nieustannie wzrasta. Książka Johna Mattesona, która ujrzy światło dzienne na początku roku 2021, jest ważnym głosem w debacie o roli Stanów Zjednoczonych, mogącym zainspirować kolejne etyczne przebudzenie w narodzie, który od zakończenia wojny secesyjnej nie doświadczył tak głębokich jak dziś podziałów.

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