The Enigmatic South: Toward Civil War and Its Legacies (Lena-Miles Wever Todd Poetry Series Award) - Hardcover

Samuel C. Hyde Jr (Editor) Et Al

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807156949 ISBN 13: 9780807156940

Publisher: LSU Press, 2014

Synopsis

The Enigmatic South brings together leading scholars of the Civil War period to challenge existing perceptions of the advance to secession, the Civil War, and its aftermath. The pioneering research and innovative arguments of these historians bring crucial insights to the study of this era in American history.Christopher Childers, Sarah L. Hyde, and Julia Huston Nguyen consider the ways politics, religion, and education contributed to southern attitudes toward secession in the antebellum period. George C. Rable, Paul F. Paskoff, and John M. Sacher delve into the challenges the Confederate South faced as it sought legitimacy for its cause and military strength for the coming war with the North. Richard Follett, Samuel C. Hyde, Jr., and Eric H. Walther offer new perspectives on the changes the Civil War wrought on the economic and ideological landscape of the South.The essays in The Enigmatic South speak eloquently to previously unconsidered aspects and legacies of the Civil War and make a major contribution to our understanding of the rich history of a conflict whose aftereffects still linger in American culture and memory.

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About the Author:

Samuel C. Hyde, Jr., is the Leon Ford Professor of History at Southeastern Louisiana University and the author of several books, including Pistols and Politics: The Dilemma of Democracy in Louisiana's Florida Parishes, 1810--1899.

About this edition

• Publisher: LSU Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0807156949
• ISBN 13: 9780807156940
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 250