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Record Nr.

UNISA996248339103316

Autore

McCurry Stephanie

Titolo

Confederate reckoning [[electronic resource] ] : power and politics in the Civil War South / / Stephanie McCurry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-674-05665-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (456 p.)

Disciplina

973.7/1

Soggetti

Women - Southern States - Social conditions - 19th century

African Americans - Southern States - Social conditions - 19th century

Slavery - Political aspects - Southern States - History - 19th century

Slavery - Social aspects - Southern States - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Confederate States of America Politics and government

Confederate States of America Social conditions

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Women

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 African Americans

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue: The Confederate project -- Who are the people? -- The brothers' war -- Antigone's claim -- Soldiers' wives and the politics of subsistence -- Women numerous and armed -- "Amor patriae" -- "Our open enemies" -- The fall -- Epilogue: Confederate reckoning.