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Judah P. Benjamin : Confederate statesman / Robert Douthat Meade ; with a new foreword by William C. Davis.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks E467.1.B4 M4 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meade, Robert Douthat, 1903-1974.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884.
- Benjamin, J. P.
- United States. Congress. Senate.
- Statesmen--Confederate States of America--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- Jewish statesmen--Confederate States of America--Biography.
- Jewish statesmen.
- Lawyers.
- Confederate States of America--History.
- Confederate States of America.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- United States.
- Southern States.
- United States. Congress. Senate--Biography.
- Lawyers--Southern States--Biography.
- Lawyers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 432 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- A rare Sephardic Jew in the Old South and a favorite of Jefferson Davis, Judah P. Benjamin has been described as "the brains of the Confederacy." He held three successive Confederate cabinet posts -- attorney general, secretary of war, and secretary of state -- but some have questioned Benjamin's loyalty to Davis and the extent of his influence. More than 140 years after Benjamin first appeared on the Confederate scene, historians still debate his place in the history of the Lost Cause. Robert Douthat Meade's absorbing account of the life of this enigmatic Civil War figure, who built a second brilliant career in England after the war, remains the definitive study of Benjamin.
- Contents:
- I. Early Influences 3
- II. The Abbreviated College Years 20
- III. The Early New Orleans Years 31
- IV. Politician and Sugar Planter 46
- V. Man of Affairs 64
- VI. Benjamin Represents Louisiana in the Senate 86
- VII. High Tide Under the Old Government 107
- VIII. Secession 139
- IX. Confederate Attorney-General 159
- X. Acting Secretary of War 179
- XI. Mounting Difficulties 208
- XII. Censured but Promoted 233
- XIII. Secretary of State 244
- XIV. Southern Diplomacy 257
- XV. Life in Richmond 272
- XVI. The Lost Cause 288
- XVII. Escape from the South 311
- XVIII. British Barrister 326
- XIX. A Leader of the British Bar 346
- XX. Full of Years and Honors 366.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1943.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-417) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807127442
- OCLC:
- 47100747
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