How the South won the Civil War : oligarchy, democracy, and the continuing fight for the soul of America / Heather Cox Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, Heather Cox, author.

Contributor:

Charles D. Dickey, Jr., Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality.

History.

Oligarchy.

Political culture.

Territorial expansion.

United States--Territorial expansion--Political aspects.

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Influence.

United States--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Southern States.

West United States.

Political culture--West (U.S.)--History.

Political culture--Southern States--History.

Oligarchy--United States--History.

Conservatism--United States--History.

Conservatism.

Equality--United States--History.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxix, 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"While in the short term--militarily--the North won the Civil War, in the long term--ideologically--victory went to the South. The continual expansion of the Western frontier allowed a Southern oligarchic ideology to find a new home and take root. Even with the abolition of slavery and the equalizing power of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, and the ostensible equalizing of economic opportunity afforded by Western expansion, anti-democratic practices were deeply embedded in the country's foundations, in which the rhetoric of equality struggled against the power of money. As the settlers from the East pushed into the West, so too did all of its hierarchies, reinforced by the seizure of Mexican lands at the end of the Mexican-American War and violence toward Native Americans. Both the South and the West depended on extractive industries--cotton in the former and mining and oil in the latter--giving rise to the creation of a white business elite"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The roots of paradox

The triumph of equality

The West

Cowboy Reconstruction

Western politics

The West and the South join forces

The rise of the new West

Oligarchy rides again

Conclusion: What then is this American?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles D. Dickey, Jr., Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Richardson, Heather Cox. How the South won the Civil War.

ISBN:

9780190900908

0190900903

OCLC:

1119531537

Publisher Number:

99984217921