Declarations of Dependence : The Long Reconstruction of Popular Politics in the South, 1861-1908 /

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Through an examination of the pleas and petitions of ordinary North Carolinians, Downs contends that the Civil War redirected, not destroyed, claims of dependence by exposing North Carolinians to the expansive but unsystematic power of Union and Confederate governments, and by loosening the legal ti...

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Main Author: Downs, Gregory P. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2011]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions.
Social aspects
Populism
Politics and government.
Political culture
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Populisme > Caroline du Nord > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Patron et client > Aspect politique > Caroline du Nord > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Dependance (Politique) > Aspect politique > Caroline du Nord > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Populism > North Carolina > History > 19th century.
Political culture > North Carolina > History > 19th century.
Patron and client > Political aspects > North Carolina > History > 19th century.
Dependency > Political aspects > North Carolina > History > 19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > North Carolina.
United States
North Carolina
Caroline du Nord > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Aspect social.
Caroline du Nord > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Aspect social.
Caroline du Nord > Politique et gouvernement > 1865-1950.
Caroline du Nord > Politique et gouvernement > 1861-1865.
North Carolina > Social conditions > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
North Carolina > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
North Carolina > Politics and government > 1865-1950.
North Carolina > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Through an examination of the pleas and petitions of ordinary North Carolinians, Downs contends that the Civil War redirected, not destroyed, claims of dependence by exposing North Carolinians to the expansive but unsystematic power of Union and Confederate governments, and by loosening the legal ties that bound them to husbands, fathers, and masters.
Physical Description:1 online resource (360 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469603407

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