Description |
xi, 321 pages ; 23 cm |
Note |
Essays. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
The enigma of the South.--On understanding the South.--The historian's use of nationalism and vice versa.--The literature on the background of the Civil War.--The Lincoln theme and American national historiography.--Depletion and renewal in Southern history.--John Brown and the paradox of leadership among American Negroes.--Horace Greeley and peaceable secession.--Why the Republicans rejected both compromise and secession.--Jefferson Davis and the political factors in Confederate defeat.--The Civil War in the history of the modern world; a comparative view. |
Subject |
Southern States -- History.
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Southern States. |
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History. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Historiography.
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ISBN |
7.50 |
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