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Author:

McCurry, Stephanie.

Title:

Confederate reckoning : power and politics in the Civil War South / Stephanie McCurry.

Edition:

1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

449 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Confederate States of America--Politics and government.
Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
United States--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
Women--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.
United States--Women.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women.
African Americans--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.
United States--African Americans.--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans.
Slavery--History--Southern States--History--19th century.
Slavery--History--Southern States--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

9780674064218
0674064216

OCLC:

(OCoLC)793082185

Locations:

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)