Title How the South won the Civil War : oligarchy, democracy, and the continuing fight for the soul of America / Heather Cox Richardson.

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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]

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Description	xxix, 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-232) and index.
Contents	The roots of paradox -- The triumph of equality -- The West -- Cowboy Reconstruction -- Western politics -- The West and the South join forces -- The rise of the new West -- Oligarchy rides again -- Conclusion: What then is this American?
Summary	"While in the short term--militarily--the North won the Civil War, in the long term--ideologically--victory went to the South. The continual expansion of the Western frontier allowed a Southern oligarchic ideology to find a new home and take root. Even with the abolition of slavery and the equalizing power of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, and the ostensible equalizing of economic opportunity afforded by Western expansion, anti-democratic practices were deeply embedded in the country's foundations, in which the rhetoric of equality struggled against the power of money. As the settlers from the East pushed into the West, so too did all of its hierarchies, reinforced by the seizure of Mexican lands at the end of the Mexican-American War and violence toward Native Americans. Both the South and the West depended on extractive industries--cotton in the former and mining and oil in the latter--giving rise to the creation of a white business elite"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Political culture -- West (U.S.) -- History.
	Political culture -- Southern States -- History.
	Oligarchy -- United States -- History.
	Conservatism -- United States -- History.
	Equality -- United States -- History.
	United States -- Territorial expansion -- Political aspects.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence.
	United States -- Politics and government.
	HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
	HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
	Conservatism. (OCoLC)fst00875582
	Equality. (OCoLC)fst00914456
	Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) (OCoLC)fst00972484
	Oligarchy. (OCoLC)fst01045440
	Political culture. (OCoLC)fst01069263
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Southern States. (OCoLC)fst01244550
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	West United States. (OCoLC)fst01243255
	American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
Chronological Term	1861-1865
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Online version: Richardson, Heather Cox. How the South won the Civil War. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020] 9780190900922 (DLC) 2019036156
ISBN	9780190900908 (hardcover)
	0190900903 (hardcover)
	9780190900922 electronic publication
	9780190900915 electronic book

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