Confederate reckoning : power and politics in the Civil War South /

"The story of the Confederate States of America, the proslavery, antidemocratic nation created by white Southern slaveholders to protect their property, has been told many times in heroic and martial narratives. Now, however, Stephanie McCurry tells a very different tale of the Confederate expe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McCurry, Stephanie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Women > Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
African Americans > Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Slavery > Political aspects > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Social aspects > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Femmes > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
African Americans
African Americans > Social conditions
Politics and government
Slavery > Political aspects
Slavery > Social aspects
Social aspects
Social conditions
Women
Women > Social conditions
Sezessionskrieg > 1861-1865
Frau
Sklave
Emanzipation
Vrouwen.
Slavernij.
Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.
Sociaal-economische situatie.
Politieke aspecten.
Confederate States of America > Politics and government.
Confederate States of America > Social conditions.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Women.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > African Americans.
États confédérés d'Amérique > Politique et gouvernement.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Aspect social.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Noirs américains.
Southern States
United States
United States > Confederate States of America
USA > Südstaaten
Zuidelijke staten.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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