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Performing Disunion: The Coming of the Civil War in Charleston, South Carolina (Cambridge Studies on the American South) - Hardcover

Book 28 of 36: Cambridge Studies on the American South

Lawrence T. McDonnell

 
9781107184930: Performing Disunion: The Coming of the Civil War in Charleston, South Carolina (Cambridge Studies on the American South)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1107184932 ISBN 13: 9781107184930
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

This book traces how and why the secession of the South during the American Civil War was accomplished at ground level through the actions of ordinary men. Adopting a micro-historical approach, Lawrence T. McDonnell works to connect small events in new ways - he places one company of the secessionist Minutemen in historical context, exploring the political and cultural dynamics of their choices. Every chapter presents little-known characters whose lives and decisions were crucial to the history of Southern disunion. McDonnell asks readers to consider the past with fresh eyes, analyzing the structure and dynamics of social networks and social movements. He presents the dissolution of the Union through new events, actors, issues, and ideas, illuminating the social contradictions that cast the South's most conservative city as the radical heart of Dixie.

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About the Author

Lawrence T. McDonnell is an Assistant Professor in the History Department at Iowa State University.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107184932
ISBN 13 
9781107184930
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
424