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36 produkter
Military Necessity
Civil-Military Relations in the Confederacy
Inbunden, 2006
1101 kr
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Never before or since in American history have the needs and influence of the military weighed so heavily on society. Escott analyzes the militarization of life in the Confederacy and probes the relationships between military commanders, legislators, and Jefferson Davis and his administration. As …
Confederacy
The Slaveholders' Failed Venture
Inbunden, 2009
882 kr
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A sharp-edged and revealing account of the transforming struggle for Southern independence and the inherent contradictions that undermined that effort.Paul Escott's The Confederacy: The Slaveholders' Failed Venture offers a unique and multifaceted perspective on the United States' most pivotal and …
After Secession
Jefferson Davis and the Failure of Confederate Nationalism
Häftad, 1992
403 kr
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The secession of the southern states from the Union was not merely a culmination of certain events; it was also the beginning of the trial of Confederate nationalism. The slaveholding elite which had led the South out of the Union now had to solidify its support among the nonslaveholding small …
Slavery Remembered
A Record of Twentieth-Century Slave Narratives
Häftad, 1979
505 kr
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Slavery Remembered is the first major attempt to analyze the slave narratives gathered as part of the Federal Writers' Project. Paul Escott's sensitive examination of each of the nearly 2,400 narratives and his quantitative analysis of the narratives as a whole eloquently present the differing …
Many Excellent People
Power and Privilege in North Carolina, 1850-1900
Häftad, 1988
548 kr
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Many Excellent People examines the nature of North Carolina's social system, particularly race and class relations, power, and inequality, during the last half of the nineteenth century. Paul Escott portrays North Carolina's major social groups, focusing on the elite, the ordinary white farmers or …
North Carolinians in the Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction
Häftad, 2008
461 kr
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This book discusses how Tar Heels was divided over war, reconstruction, gender, and race.Although North Carolina was a ""home front"" state rather than a battlefield state for most of the Civil War, it was heavily involved in the Confederate war effort and experienced many conflicts as a result. …
Slavery Remembered
A Record of Twentieth-Century Slave Narratives
E-bok, 2000
552 kr
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Slavery Remembered is the first major attempt to analyze the slave narratives gathered as part of the Federal Writers'' Project. Paul Escott''s sensitive examination of each of the nearly 2,400 narratives and his quantitative analysis of the narratives as a whole eloquently present the differing …
Uncommonly Savage
Civil War and Remembrance in Spain and the United States
E-bok, 2014
1294 kr
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Spain and the United States both experienced extremely bloody and divisive civil wars that left social and emotional wounds, many of which still endure today. In Uncommonly Savage, award-winning historian Paul Escott considers the impact of internecine violence on memory and ideology, on politics, …
Uncommonly Savage
Civil War and Remembrance in Spain and the United States
Häftad, 2019
284 kr
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Spain and the United States both experienced extremely bloody and divisive civil wars that left social and emotional wounds, many of which still endure today. In Uncommonly Savage, award-winning historian Paul Escott considers the impact of internecine violence on memory and ideology, politics, and …
Uncommonly Savage
Civil War and Remembrance in Spain and the United States
E-bok, 2019
436 kr
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“Truly impressive. Travels uncharted terrain, moving deftly through a vast scholarship in two languages. The research is sound, the prose crisp and accessible, and the subject unquestionably important.”—W. Fitzhugh Brundage, author of The Southern Past: A Clash of Race and Memory “Illuminates the …
Rethinking the Civil War Era
Directions for Research
Inbunden, 2018
651 kr
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Arguably, no event since the American Revolution has had a greater impact on US history than the Civil War. This devastating and formative conflict occupies a permanent place in the nation's psyche and continues to shape race relations, economic development, and regional politics. Naturally, an …
Rethinking the Civil War Era
Directions for Research
E-bok, 2018
616 kr
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Arguably, no event since the American Revolution has had a greater impact on US history than the Civil War. This devastating and formative conflict occupies a permanent place in the nation''s psyche and continues to shape race relations, economic development, and regional politics. Naturally, an …
Rethinking the Civil War Era
Directions for Research
E-bok, 2018
630 kr
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Arguably, no event since the American Revolution has had a greater impact on US history than the Civil War. This devastating and formative conflict occupies a permanent place in the nation''s psyche and continues to shape race relations, economic development, and regional politics. Naturally, an …
"e;What Shall We Do with the Negro?"e;
Lincoln, White Racism, and Civil War America
E-bok, 2009
551 kr
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Throughout the Civil War, newspaper headlines and stories repeatedly asked some variation of the question posed by the New York Times in 1862, "What shall we do with the negro?" The future status of African Americans was a pressing issue for those in both the North and in the South. Consulting a …
Lincoln's Dilemma
Blair, Sumner, and the Republican Struggle over Racism and Equality in the Civil War Era
E-bok, 2014
382 kr
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The Civil War forced America finally to confront the contradiction between its founding values and human slavery. At the center of this historic confrontation was Abraham Lincoln. By the time this Illinois politician had risen to the office of president, the dilemma of slavery had expanded to the …
Lincoln's Dilemma
Blair, Sumner, and the Republican Struggle Over Racism and Equality in the Civil War Era
Häftad, 2017
509 kr
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The Civil War forced America finally to confront the contradiction between its founding values and human slavery. At the center of this historic confrontation was Abraham Lincoln. By the time this Illinois politician had risen to the office of president, the dilemma of slavery had expanded to the …
Worst Passions of Human Nature
White Supremacy in the Civil War North
Inbunden, 2020
355 kr
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The American North's commitment to preventing a southern secession rooted in slaveholding suggests a society united in its opposition to slavery and racial inequality. The reality, however, was far more complex and troubling. In his latest book, Paul Escott lays bare the contrast between progress …
Worst Passions of Human Nature
White Supremacy in the Civil War North
E-bok, 2020
440 kr
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The American North’s commitment to preventing a southern secession rooted in slaveholding suggests a society united in its opposition to slavery and racial inequality. The reality, however, was far more complex and troubling. In his latest book, Paul Escott lays bare the contrast between progress …
Black Suffrage
Lincoln's Last Goal
Inbunden, 2022
471 kr
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In April 1865, as the Civil War came to a close, Abraham Lincoln announced his support for voting rights for at least some of the newly freed enslaved people. Esteemed historian Paul Escott takes this milestone as an opportunity to explore popular sentiment in the North on this issue and, at the …
Black Suffrage
Lincoln''s Last Goal
E-bok, 2022
434 kr
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In April 1865, as the Civil War came to a close, Abraham Lincoln announced his support for voting rights for at least some of the newly freed enslaved people. Esteemed historian Paul Escott takes this milestone as an opportunity to explore popular sentiment in the North on this issue and, at the …
Civil War Political Tradition
Ten Portraits of Those Who Formed It
Inbunden, 2023
1177 kr
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Modeling his latest book on Richard Hofstadter’s 1948 classic The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It, the renowned historian Paul Escott has composed ten concise but deeply learned and incisive biographies of key Americans in the years leading up to the Civil War. Escott profiles …
Civil War Political Tradition
Ten Portraits of Those Who Formed It
Häftad, 2023
402 kr
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Modeling his latest book on Richard Hofstadter’s 1948 classic The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It, the renowned historian Paul Escott has composed ten concise but deeply learned and incisive biographies of key Americans in the years leading up to the Civil War. Escott profiles …
Civil War Political Tradition
Ten Portraits of Those Who Formed It
E-bok, 2023
514 kr
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Modeling his latest book on Richard Hofstadter’s 1948 classic The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It , the renowned historian Paul Escott has composed ten concise but deeply learned and incisive biographies of key Americans in the years leading up to the Civil War. Escott profiles …
History of African Americans in North Carolina
Av Jeffrey J. Crow, Paul D. Escott m. fl.
Häftad, 1992
248 kr
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North Carolinians in the Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction
E-bok, 2012
1578 kr
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Although North Carolina was a "home front" state rather than a battlefield state for most of the Civil War, it was heavily involved in the Confederate war effort and experienced many conflicts as a result. North Carolinians were divided over the issue of secession, and changes in race and gender …
Many Excellent People
Power and Privilege in North Carolina, 1850-1900
E-bok, 2012
524 kr
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Many Excellent People examines the nature of North Carolina''s social system, particularly race and class relations, power, and inequality, during the last half of the nineteenth century. Paul Escott portrays North Carolina''s major social groups, focusing on the elite, the ordinary white farmers …
South for New Southerners
Av David R. Goldfield, Paul D. Escott
E-bok, 2016
357 kr
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The South often seems like a foreign country to newcomers from other parts of the United States. And for people from other countries, Southern customs and lifestyle can be even more bewildering. For anyone who has ever wondered why the style of conducting busines in the South is different or why …
Confederacy
The Slaveholders' Failed Venture
E-bok, 2009
963 kr
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A sharp-edged and revealing account of the transforming struggle for Southern independence and the inherent contradictions that undermined that effort. Paul Escott''s The Confederacy: The Slaveholders' Failed Venture offers a unique and multifaceted perspective on the United States'' most pivotal …
Confederacy
The Slaveholders' Failed Venture
E-bok, 2009
963 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A sharp-edged and revealing account of the transforming struggle for Southern independence and the inherent contradictions that undermined that effort. Paul Escott''s The Confederacy: The Slaveholders' Failed Venture offers a unique and multifaceted perspective on the United States'' most pivotal …
Slavery Remembered
A Record of Twentieth-Century Slave Narratives
E-bok, 2000
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Slavery Remembered is the first major attempt to analyze the slave narratives gathered as part of the Federal Writers'' Project. Paul Escott''s sensitive examination of each of the nearly 2,400 narratives and his quantitative analysis of the narratives as a whole eloquently present the differing …
