Declarations of dependence :: the long reconstruction of popular politics in the South, 1861-1908 /

Through an examination of the pleas and petitions of ordinary North Carolinians, Downs 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 ti...

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1. Verfasser: Downs, Gregory P. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2011]
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Zusammenfassung:Through an examination of the pleas and petitions of ordinary North Carolinians, Downs 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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (346 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780807877760
080787776X
9781469603407
1469603403

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