An edition of The fall of the house of Dixie (2013)

The fall of the house of Dixie

how the Civil War remade the American South

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An edition of The fall of the house of Dixie (2013)

The fall of the house of Dixie

how the Civil War remade the American South

1st ed.

by

  • 3 Want to read

In this major new history of the Civil War, Bruce Levine tells the riveting story of how that conflict upended the economic, political, and social life of the old South, utterly destroying the Confederacy and the society it represented and defended.

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Random House
Language
English
Pages
439

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Subjects

Social aspects, Slavery, Elite (Social sciences), Economic conditions, Social conditions, Economic aspects, History, Slavery, united states, Confederate states of america, social conditions, Confederate states of america, economic conditions, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, societies, etc., United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, economic aspects

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Confederate States of America, United States, Southern States

Times

Civil War, 1861-1865, 19th century
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Cover of: The fall of the house of Dixie
The fall of the house of Dixie: how the Civil War remade the American South
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Table of Contents

The house of Dixie
Securing the mansion : the slaveholder revolt and its origins
Early portents : the first phases of war
Recognizing the "logic of events" : Union war policy evolves, 1861-1863
"The clouds are dark over us" : the convulsions of 1863
Bound for "a land they knew not" : after slavery, what?
Cracks in the walls widen
A ray of light shines briefly through the rafters
Feeling the timbers shudder
And the walls gave way : Richmond, Appomattox, and after
Conclusion : "We should rejoice".

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.7/13
Library of Congress
E487 .L494 2013, E487.L494 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
439

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OL25122155M
Internet Archive
fallofhouseofdix0000levi
ISBN 13
9781400067039, 9780679645351
LCCN
2011048310
OCLC/WorldCat
765486287
Amazon ID (ASIN)

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