Description: Further DetailsTitle: How the South Won the Civil WarCondition: NewEAN: 9780190900908ISBN: 9780190900908Publisher: Oxford University Press IncFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 07/23/2020Item Height: 237mmItem Length: 163mmItem Width: 28mmAuthor: Heather Cox RichardsonLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of AmericaISBN-10: 0190900903Description: In this provocative new work, Heather Cox Richardson argues that while the North won the Civil War, ending slavery, oligarchy, and giving the country a "new birth of freedom," the victory was short-lived. Settlers from the East pushed 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 Old South found a new home in the West. Both depended on extractive industries--cotton in the former and mining, cattle, and oil in the latter--giving rise to a white ruling elite, one that thrived despite the abolition of slavery, the assurances provided by the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, and the economic opportunities afforded by Western expansion. How the South Won the Civil War traces the story of the American paradox, the competing claims of equality and white domination that were woven into the nation's fabric from the beginning. Who was the archetypal "new American"? At the nation's founding it was Eastern "yeoman farmer," independent and freedom-loving, who had galvanized and symbolized the Revolution. After the Civil War the mantle was taken up by the cowboy, singlehandedly defending his land and his women against "savages," and protecting his country from its own government. As new states entered the Union in the late nineteenth century, western and southern leaders found common ground. Resources, including massive amounts of federal money, and migrants continued to stream into the West during the New Deal and World War II. "Movement Conservatives"--starting with Barry Goldwater--claimed to embody cowboy individualism, working with Dixiecrats to renew the ideology of the Confederacy. The "Southern strategy" worked. The essence of the Old South never died and the fight for equality endures.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: HistoryTopic: Military History, Society & CultureItem Weight: 499gRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: How the South Won the Civil War
Title: How the South Won the Civil War
EAN: 9780190900908
ISBN: 9780190900908
Release Date: 07/23/2020
Release Year: 2020
Subtitle: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of Am
ISBN-10: 0190900903
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: How the South Won the Civil War : Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 1.2 in
Topic: American Government / General, United States / General
Publication Year: 2020
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, History
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Author: Heather Cox Richardson
Item Length: 9.4 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
