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

McCurry, Stephanie.

Confederate reckoning : power and politics in the Civil War South / Power and politics in the Civil War South Stephanie McCurry. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010. - 449 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

0674045890 (alk. paper) 9780674045897 (alk. paper)

2009051647

GBB006832 bnb

015468227 Uk


African Americans--Social conditions--Southern States--19th century.
Slavery--Political aspects--History--Southern States--19th century.
Slavery--Social aspects--History--Southern States--19th century.
Women--Social conditions--Southern States--19th century.


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

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