

Civil War in the United States - Andrew Zimmerman
May 1, 2020
Historian Andrew Zimmerman joins Jordan T. Camp to discuss his edited volume of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' writings on the American Civil War, highlighting their fascination with Marxism, the impact of the Civil War on their work, and the analysis of the Civil War as a working-class revolution by Du Bois.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Marx and Engels' Writings on the American Civil War
01:39 • 10min
The Formation of First Internationals and the Civil War in France
11:35 • 5min
Joseph Vitamire: A Radical Voice in the Civil War
17:03 • 2min
Du Bois's Analysis of the Civil War as a Working-Class Revolution
19:25 • 4min