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The Enigmatic South: Toward Civil War and Its Legacies
Contributor(s): Hyde, Samuel C. (Editor), Paskoff, Paul F. (Contribution by), Sacher, John M. (Contribution by)
ISBN: 0807156949     ISBN-13: 9780807156940
Publisher: LSU Press
OUR PRICE:   $40.38  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: November 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv)
Dewey: 975.03
LCCN: 2014011364
Series: Lena-Miles Wever Todd Poetry Series Award
Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.02" W x 9.35" (1.16 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Topical - Civil War
- Cultural Region - South
 
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Publisher Description:

The Enigmatic South brings together leading scholars of the Civil War period to challenge existing perceptions of the advance to secession, the Civil War, and its aftermath. The pioneering research and innovative arguments of these historians bring crucial insights to the study of this era in American history.
Christopher Childers, Sarah L. Hyde, and Julia Huston Nguyen consider the ways politics, religion, and education contributed to southern attitudes toward secession in the antebellum period. George C. Rable, Paul F. Paskoff, and John M. Sacher delve into the challenges the Confederate South faced as it sought legitimacy for its cause and military strength for the coming war with the North. Richard Follett, Samuel C. Hyde, Jr., and Eric H. Walther offer new perspectives on the changes the Civil War wrought on the economic and ideological landscape of the South.
The essays in The Enigmatic South speak eloquently to previously unconsidered aspects and legacies of the Civil War and make a major contribution to our understanding of the rich history of a conflict whose aftereffects still linger in American culture and memory.