| The Impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Arkansas: Persistence in the Midst of Ruin Contributor(s): Moneyhon, Carl H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 155728735X ISBN-13: 9781557287359 Publisher: University of Arkansas Press OUR PRICE: $21.38 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2002 Annotation: This groundbreaking study, first published in 1994, draws on a rich variety of primary sources to describe Arkansas society before, during, and after the Civil War. While the Civil War devastated the state, this book shows how those who were powerful before the war reclaimed their dominance during Reconstruction. Most importantly, the white elite's postwar commitment to a cotton economy led them to set up a sharecropping system very much like slavery, in which workers had little control over their own labor. In arguing for both change and continuity, Moneyhon reconciles contemporary accounts of the war's effects while addressing ongoing debates within the historical literature. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: 976.704 |
| LCCN: 2002026796 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.18" W x 9.52" (0.99 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Arkansas - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South |