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Author:

Levine, Bruce C., 1949-

Title:

The fall of the house of Dixie : The Civil War and the social revolution that transformed the South / Bruce Levine.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

xix, 439 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Slavery--History--Southern States--History--19th century.
Slavery--History--Southern States--History--19th century.
Elite (Social sciences)--Southern States--History--19th century.
Confederate States of America.
Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
Confederate States of America--Economic conditions.
United States--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
United States--Economic aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects.

Contents:

The house of Dixie -- Securing the mansion : the slaveholder revolt and its origins -- Early portents : the first phases of war -- Recognizing the "logic of events" : Union war policy evolves, 1861-1863 -- "The clouds are dark over us" : the convulsions of 1863 -- Bound for "a land they knew not" : after slavery, what? -- Cracks in the walls widen -- A ray of light shines briefly through the rafters -- Feeling the timbers shudder -- And the walls gave way : Richmond, Appomattox, and after -- Conclusion : "We should rejoice".

Summary:

In this major new history of the Civil War, Bruce Levine tells the riveting story of how that conflict upended the economic, political, and social life of the old South, utterly destroying the Confederacy and the society it represented and defended.

ISBN:

0679645357 (ebook)
9780679645351 (ebook)
1400067030
9781400067039

LCCN:

2011048310

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