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The long shadow of the Civil War : southern dissent and its legacies /

Bynum relates uncommon narratives about common Southern folks who fought not with the Confederacy, but against it. Focusing on regions in three Southern states--North Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas--Bynum introduces Unionist supporters, guerrilla soldiers, defiant women, socialists, populists, fre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bynum, Victoria E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Bynum relates uncommon narratives about common Southern folks who fought not with the Confederacy, but against it. Focusing on regions in three Southern states--North Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas--Bynum introduces Unionist supporters, guerrilla soldiers, defiant women, socialists, populists, free blacks, and large interracial kin groups that belie stereotypes of the South and of Southerners as uniformly supportive of the Confederate cause. Centered on the concepts of place, family, and community, Bynum's insightful and carefully documented work effectively counters the idea of a unified So.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 221 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-205) and index.
ISBN:9780807898215
080789821X
9781469604145
1469604140
1469609878
9781469609874