How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
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- Synopsis
- This book is named one of The Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction. Heather Cox Richardson argues in this provocative work that democracy's blood-soaked victory was ephemeral. The system that had sustained the defeated South moved westward and there established a foothold. It was a natural fit. Settlers from the East had for decades been pushing into the West, where the seizure of Mexican lands at the end of the Mexican-American War and treatment of Native Americans cemented racial hierarchies. The South and West equally depended on extractive industries-cotton in the former and mining, cattle, and oil in the latter-giving rise a new birth of white male oligarchy, despite the guarantees provided by the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, and the economic opportunities afforded by expansion. To reveal why this happened, How the South Won the Civil War traces the story of the American paradox, the competing claims of equality and subordination woven into the nation's fabric and identity.
- Copyright:
- 2020
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 270 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780190900908
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 02/26/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Heather Cox Richardson
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Military, Nonfiction, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Worth Trust
- Proofread By:
- Worth Trust
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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