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Author Levine, Bruce C., 1949-

Title The fall of the house of Dixie : the Civil War and the social revolution that transformed the South / Bruce Levine.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Random House, [2013]
©2013
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1558449~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  973.713 LEV    AVAILABLE
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Description xix, 439 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [377]-415) and index.
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".
Summary A history of the radical transformation of the American South during the Civil War examines the economic, social, and political deconstruction and rebuilding of Southern institutions as experienced by ordinary people.
Subject Confederate States of America.
Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.
Confederate States of America -- Economic conditions.
Slavery -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Economic aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Elite (Social sciences) -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects.
ISBN 9781400067039
1400067030
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