Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War (Anniversary) Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Dew, Charles B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813939445 ISBN-13: 9780813939445 Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: February 2017 Click for more in this series: Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
Dewey: 973.711 |
LCCN: 2016036793 |
Series: Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.9" L (0.55 lbs) 168 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Cultural Region - South |
Features: Bibliography, Index |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Charles Dew's Apostles of Disunion has established itself as a modern classic and an indispensable account of the Southern states' secession from the Union. Addressing topics still hotly debated among historians and the public at large more than a century and a half after the Civil War, the book offers a compelling and clearly substantiated argument that slavery and race were at the heart of our great national crisis. The fifteen years since the original publication of Apostles of Disunion have seen an intensification of debates surrounding the Confederate flag and Civil War monuments. In a powerful new afterword to this anniversary edition, Dew situates the book in relation to these recent controversies and factors in the role of vast financial interests tied to the internal slave trade in pushing Virginia and other upper South states toward secession and war. |
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