We are going to be internationalizing this conflict, which we think is americas of mastic civil war. We are going to be speaking how does that some of the broader International Developments shaped the civil war and hopefully get a sense of what it is that is going on outside the rest of the world. His is not a new thing people have been writing diplomatic histories of the a sense for years after the conflict ended. Combination of the rethinking of what 19thcentury globalization is. And our current context in which americans are rethinking what it is 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. War situates the u. S. Civil in a broader context. Have threeunate to young excellent scholars who are going to help guide us through this. We look forward to our questions at the end. Proud to acknowledge he is a High School Scholarship student some time ago. His research focuses on finance during the American Civil War and
Outside the rest the world. In some ways, this is not a new thing. People have been brining people up and writing histories years civil war since after the conflict ended. A combination of the sesquicentennial from new rethinkings on what 19thcentury globalization is, and our current context where 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 your questions at the end. I am going to start to my left, Dave Thompson is assistant professor of history at sacred heart university. He was aa Knowledge High School scholarship student some time ago. [applause] his research focuses on finance during the civil war. His first book the evolution of Global Financial markets in the civil war era is slated for publica
The war. The discussion was part of a conference by gettysburg colleges civil war institute. Hello, and welcome to the second roundtable this afternoon. Teachian shane, and i civil war and early republic at ohio university. The subject of this panel is sort of asking us to step up and think from what the civil war might have looked like from 5000 feet. Were going to be internationalizing this conflict that we like to selfishly think is americas domestic civil war. We will be thinking about how some broader International Developments shaped the civil war, and hopefully get a sense of whats going on outside, in the rest of the world. In some ways, this is not a new thing. People have been writing diplomatic histories of the civil war really sends the since the years after the conflict andy. But the combination of the sesquicentennial, a new rethinking of 19thcentury globalization, and really the current context in which americans are sort of rethinking what it means to be part of a large