Description |
xviii, 352 pages ; 25 cm. |
Series |
Carter G. Woodson Institute series |
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Carter G. Woodson Institute series.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-326) and index. |
Contents |
Armstead L. Robinson, historian of the Confederate States of America / Joseph P. Reidy -- Armstead L. Robinson, historian and discipline builder / Barbara J. Fields -- Introduction -- A "most un-civil war" : slavery and a separate nation -- "Playing thunder" : the impact of slavery on Confederate military strength -- "A people's contest"? : popular disaffection in the Confederacy -- "This war is our war, the cause is our cause" : aristocrats and common soldiers in Confederate camps -- The failure of Southern voluntarism and the collapse of the Upper South frontier -- Invasion of the heartland and the failure to achieve universal conscription -- In the wake of military occupation : disaffection, profiteering, slave unrest, and curbs on civil liberties -- "The carefully fostered hostility of class against class" : demoralization and the fall of Vicksburg -- "A war fought by the weak" : desertions, brigandage, counterinsurgency, anarchy, and the rise of an antiwar movement -- "Every man says that every other man ought to fight" : election losses and the debacle at Missionary Ridge -- Epilogue: Slavery and the death of the Southern revolution. |
Subject |
Slavery -- Confederate States of America.
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Confederate States of America -- History.
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Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.
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ISBN |
0813923093 cloth alkaline paper |
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