In some ways, this is not a new thing. People have been writing diplomatic histories of the e the conflict ended. I think a combination of the centennial rethinking of what 19thcentury globalization is. And our current context in which americans are rethinking what it means to be part of a larger world in a postcold war era has generated a lot of rich scholarship in the last decade or so that situates the u. S. Civil war in a broader context. We are fortunate to have three young and excellent scholars who are going to help guide us through this. We look forward to our questions at the end. I will start here to my left, assistantson is professor of history at sacred heart university. Proud to acknowledge he is a High School Scholarship student some time ago. His research focuses on finance during the American Civil War and his first book Global Financial markets and civil war era is slated for publication in 2020. Left of him is andre fleche, a professor of history. His first book, the
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