Carolinian Crucible: Reforging Class, Family, and Nation in Confederate South Carolina - Couverture rigide

Doyle, Patrick J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1009550497 ISBN 13 : 9781009550499

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2025

Synopsis

Carolinian Crucible tells the story of South Carolina – particularly its upcountry region – at war. A state notorious for its political radicalism before the Civil War, this book avoids caricaturing the Palmetto State's inhabitants as unflinching Confederate zealots, and instead provides a more fine-grained appraisal of their relationship with the new nation that their state's political elite played a leading role in birthing. It does so by considering the outlook and actions of both civilians and soldiers, with special attention given to those who were lower-class 'common whites.' In this richly detailed account, Patrick J. Doyle reveals how a region that was insulated from Federal invasion was not insulated from the disruptions of war; how social class profoundly shaped the worldview of ordinary folk, yet did not lead to a rejection of the slaveholders' republic; and how people in the Civil War South forged meaningful bonds with the Confederate nation, but buckled at times under the demands of diehard nationalism.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Patrick J. Doyle teaches US History at Royal Holloway, University of London. His research has been published in the Journal of the Civil War Era, Journal of Social History, and Civil War History.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1009550497
• ISBN 13: 9781009550499
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italie