Ivan Kurilla is Visiting Professor of History at The Ohio State University, USA. Victoria I. Zhuravleva is Professor of History and Chair of the American Studies Department at the Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia.

This collection encapsulates essays from some of the pioneers in globalizing the American Civil War, including timely new contributions by Russian scholars. The war and its legacy resonated across the globe in complicated ways that continue to inform and misinform foreign views of the United States.

• List of IllustrationsIntroductionIvan Kurilla (The Ohio State University, USA) and Victoria Zhuravleva (Russian State University for the Humanities, RU)Part I. Europe and the American Civil War1. The American Civil War and the Reawakening of European DemocracyDon H. Doyle (University of South Carolina, USA)2. ‘A Bridge of Light that Spanned the Atlantic’: Great Britain, Race, and the Emotional Legacy of America’s Civil WarSusan-Mary Grant (University of Newcastle, UK)3. The American Civil War as Seen by French Liberals (1861-1865)Stève Sainlaude (Sorbonne University, FR)Part II. Russia and the American Civil War4. Changing Interpretations of the “Fleet story” in Changing Realities of US-Russia RelationsVictoria I. Zhuravleva (Russian State University for the Humanities, RU)5. The Distant War, the Near Debate: Russian Identity Discourses and the US Civil WarIvan Kurilla (The Ohio State University, USA)6. 'The Wind from the South': The American Civil War in Russian Fiction Lioudmila Fedorova (Georgetown University, USA)Part III. Americas and the US Civil War7. Mexican Responses to the Civil War in the United StatesBrian R. Hamnett (University of Essex, UK)8. Mexico and the American Civil War: A Long-Term Perspective. Impact, Effects, Images and the Shadows of History Erika Pani and Paolo Riguzzi (El Colegio de México, MEX)9. A Dangerous Influence: Repercussions of American Emancipation on Brazilian StatesmenVitor Izecksohn (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, BR) 10. A Mirror and a Warning: Canadian Understandings of the American Civil WarFrank Towers (University of Calgary, CA)BibliographyIndexAbout the Contributors

Ivan Kurilla is Visiting Professor of History at The Ohio State University, USA. Victoria I. Zhuravleva is Professor of History and Chair of the American Studies Department at the Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia.

This collection encapsulates essays from some of the pioneers in globalizing the American Civil War, including timely new contributions by Russian scholars. The war and its legacy resonated across the globe in complicated ways that continue to inform and misinform foreign views of the United States.

• List of IllustrationsIntroductionIvan Kurilla (The Ohio State University, USA) and Victoria Zhuravleva (Russian State University for the Humanities, RU)Part I. Europe and the American Civil War1. The American Civil War and the Reawakening of European DemocracyDon H. Doyle (University of South Carolina, USA)2. ‘A Bridge of Light that Spanned the Atlantic’: Great Britain, Race, and the Emotional Legacy of America’s Civil WarSusan-Mary Grant (University of Newcastle, UK)3. The American Civil War as Seen by French Liberals (1861-1865)Stève Sainlaude (Sorbonne University, FR)Part II. Russia and the American Civil War4. Changing Interpretations of the “Fleet story” in Changing Realities of US-Russia RelationsVictoria I. Zhuravleva (Russian State University for the Humanities, RU)5. The Distant War, the Near Debate: Russian Identity Discourses and the US Civil WarIvan Kurilla (The Ohio State University, USA)6. 'The Wind from the South': The American Civil War in Russian Fiction Lioudmila Fedorova (Georgetown University, USA)Part III. Americas and the US Civil War7. Mexican Responses to the Civil War in the United StatesBrian R. Hamnett (University of Essex, UK)8. Mexico and the American Civil War: A Long-Term Perspective. Impact, Effects, Images and the Shadows of History Erika Pani and Paolo Riguzzi (El Colegio de México, MEX)9. A Dangerous Influence: Repercussions of American Emancipation on Brazilian StatesmenVitor Izecksohn (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, BR) 10. A Mirror and a Warning: Canadian Understandings of the American Civil WarFrank Towers (University of Calgary, CA)BibliographyIndexAbout the Contributors

Ivan Kurilla is Visiting Professor of History at The Ohio State University, USA. Victoria I. Zhuravleva is Professor of History and Chair of the American Studies Department at the Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia.

This collection encapsulates essays from some of the pioneers in globalizing the American Civil War, including timely new contributions by Russian scholars. The war and its legacy resonated across the globe in complicated ways that continue to inform and misinform foreign views of the United States.

• List of IllustrationsIntroductionIvan Kurilla (The Ohio State University, USA) and Victoria Zhuravleva (Russian State University for the Humanities, RU)Part I. Europe and the American Civil War1. The American Civil War and the Reawakening of European DemocracyDon H. Doyle (University of South Carolina, USA)2. ‘A Bridge of Light that Spanned the Atlantic’: Great Britain, Race, and the Emotional Legacy of America’s Civil WarSusan-Mary Grant (University of Newcastle, UK)3. The American Civil War as Seen by French Liberals (1861-1865)Stève Sainlaude (Sorbonne University, FR)Part II. Russia and the American Civil War4. Changing Interpretations of the “Fleet story” in Changing Realities of US-Russia RelationsVictoria I. Zhuravleva (Russian State University for the Humanities, RU)5. The Distant War, the Near Debate: Russian Identity Discourses and the US Civil WarIvan Kurilla (The Ohio State University, USA)6. 'The Wind from the South': The American Civil War in Russian Fiction Lioudmila Fedorova (Georgetown University, USA)Part III. Americas and the US Civil War7. Mexican Responses to the Civil War in the United StatesBrian R. Hamnett (University of Essex, UK)8. Mexico and the American Civil War: A Long-Term Perspective. Impact, Effects, Images and the Shadows of History Erika Pani and Paolo Riguzzi (El Colegio de México, MEX)9. A Dangerous Influence: Repercussions of American Emancipation on Brazilian StatesmenVitor Izecksohn (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, BR) 10. A Mirror and a Warning: Canadian Understandings of the American Civil WarFrank Towers (University of Calgary, CA)BibliographyIndexAbout the Contributors