Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South Stephanie McCurry Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 2010, ISBN: 9780674045897; 456pp. Reconstruction Updated Edition: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-18 (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) Confederate Reckoning tells the little known story of the effect southern women and slaves had on the outcome of the Civil War. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Clearly and vividly supported, the thesis is that class, gender, and race divisions within the Confederacy were its ultimate undoing. Women’s War: Fighting and Surviving the American Civil War After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Her examination of the effects of the apartheid government conceived by wealthy planters is sobering.Provides fresh interpretations of how the underpinning power structures of the South were subverted by the Confederate government, and the failure of the government to deal with the stresses the war caused to these power structures led to its own demise.McCurry's book is solid and exceptional history--a great narrative about the South during the Confederacy, and this one includes African Americans and women. While she does not explicitly state that they were one in purpose, lumping black slaves and white women together as subversive agents detrimental to the Confederate cause somewhat sloppily suggests a unity of purpose and tactics when they were both very distinct undertakings with diverse motives: Confederate women had no desire for their men to lose the war whereas the vast majority of slaves were welcoming of a Union victory.The title of this is misleading, but in a good way. It seems to me that, it was a book just waiting to be written. The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory An extraordinary book! Those powers (consisting of almost exclusively of white male wealthy slaveholders) also had definite ideas of who counted and who didn't. Civil War that I've ever read and I've read a good many of them. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Stephanie McCurry is Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.

Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. These ebooks can only be redeemed by recipients in the US. Her perspective-an analysis of the effect of disfranchised populations in the CSA on the politics of the war-is unique, timely, and well-argued. Search results for: confederate-reckoning-power-and-politics-in-the-civil-war-south.

Thought provoking. Published Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora This is one of the most original books on the Amer. I'm still trying to swallow the idea of a slave insurrection amidst a white civil war, as analogous to Haiti with different demographics.A great monograph on a forgotten or rather overlooked civil war history.

449. It was precisely the official recognition of women and slaves as political actors, coupled with the implicit acknowledgement of the Confederate political system’s failure, that constitutes the “reckoning” at the heart of McCurry’s text.Overall, a strong piece of history. Another good academic work that doesn't reach greatness for lack of editing and revision. The model takes into account factors including the age of a rating, whether the ratings are from verified purchasers, and factors that establish reviewer trustworthiness. The confederacy was seriously weakened by the revolt of low-income women ("soldier's wives") who took up arms against merchants and planters in multiple cities throughout the south to feed their starving families. Slavery not only enslaved Africans but it also oppressed women of both races as paternalism placed white men at the top of the societal (and political) hierarchy. Confederate Reckoning. From the discontent caused by the fractious and bare-knuckle procedures for secession of the 11 states to the demands of poor white women widowed by the war's demands and the unrest from slaves seeking freedom, McCurry details the stresses of war and internal contradictions that ultimately doomed the experiment that was the reactionary proslavery Southern republic. This book offers a new approach to establish a clear identity & enjoy a more positive lifeWhen Anderson Roach joins the Union Army, he has no idea what the harsh reality of a soldier's life is.Do you want to learn about Jefferson Davis? The world is changing and our beliefs are being challenged.