Confederate reckoning : power and politics in the Civil War South / Stephanie McCurry.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.Description: 449 p. ; 25 cmISBN: - 0674045890 (alk. paper)
- 9780674045897 (alk. paper)
- Power and politics in the Civil War South
- African Americans -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Slavery -- Political aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Slavery -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Women -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Confederate States of America -- Politics and government
- Confederate States of America -- Social conditions
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The political project of the Confederacy was tried by its own people and failed. The government was forced to become accountable to women and slaves, provoking an astounding transformation of the slaveholders' state. This book is the story of this epic political battle.
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.