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Declarations of Dependence: The Long Reconstruction of Popular Politics in the South, 1861-1908
Gregory Downs
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Paperback. Declarations of Dependence: The Long Reconstruction of Popular Politics in the South, 1861-1908 Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
In this highly original study, Gregory Downs argues that the most American of wars, the Civil War, created a seemingly un-American popular politics, rooted not in independence but in voluntary claims of dependence. Through an examination of the pleas and petitions of ordinary North Carolinians, Declarations of Dependence contends that the Civil War redirected, not destroyed, claims of dependence by exposing North Carolinians to the expansive but unsystematic power of Union and Confederate governments, and by loosening the legal ties that bound them to husbands, fathers, and masters.
Faced with anarchy during the long reconstruction of government authority, ... Read more
In this highly original study, Gregory Downs argues that the most American of wars, the Civil War, created a seemingly un-American popular politics, rooted not in independence but in voluntary claims of dependence. Through an examination of the pleas and petitions of ordinary North Carolinians, Declarations of Dependence contends that the Civil War redirected, not destroyed, claims of dependence by exposing North Carolinians to the expansive but unsystematic power of Union and Confederate governments, and by loosening the legal ties that bound them to husbands, fathers, and masters.
Faced with anarchy during the long reconstruction of government authority, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469615394
SKU
V9781469615394
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About Gregory Downs
Gregory P. Downs is assistant professor of history at the City College of New York, USA. He is author of Spit Baths, a Flannery O'Connor Award-winning collection of short stories.
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