Carolinian Crucible
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-55049-9 (ISBN)
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.
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.
Dedication; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. 'A unanimity never before witnessed': late antebellum society and the path to secession; 2. 'Like the stone of sisyphus': mobilization; 3. 'The time for conducting this war leisurely has passed: conscription; 4. 'It will take a man person with you to… keep the place up': family, gender, and the household; 5. 'A most unhappy condition of things among a people heretofore perhaps the most loyal': desertion, disaffection, and disloyalty; Conclusion; Final reflections; Notes; Bibliography.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.11.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Studies on the American South |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 485 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-55049-7 / 1009550497 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-55049-9 / 9781009550499 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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