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Virginia's private war : feeding body and soul in the Confederacy, 1861-1865 /
A close study of the home front in the Confederacy which seeks to provide a contribution to our understanding of the Confederate defeat. The author challenges the dominant assumption that internal stresses and conflicts, particularly along lines of class and race, undermined the Confederacy. Rather,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1998.
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| Colección: | OUP E-Books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A close study of the home front in the Confederacy which seeks to provide a contribution to our understanding of the Confederate defeat. The author challenges the dominant assumption that internal stresses and conflicts, particularly along lines of class and race, undermined the Confederacy. Rather, he argues that for most of the South the centripetal forces of Confederate nationalism and defence of home and hearth against an invading enemy were more powerful. Internal problems, including dissent, wracked the state of Virginia, yet these private wars actually helped prolong the conflict as they forced authorities to turn the war into more of a rich man's fight. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 206 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-196) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1429404574 9781429404570 1280529733 9781280529733 9786610529735 6610529736 019802794X 9780198027942 |