Declarations of Dependence: The Long Reconstruction of Popular Politics in the South, 1861-1908

by Gregory P. Downs

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In this highly original study, Gregory Downs argues that the most American of wars, the Civil War, created a seemingly un-American popular politics, rooted not in independence but in voluntary claims of dependence. Through an examination of the pleas and petitions of ordinary North Carolinians, Declarations of Dependence contends that the Civil War redirected, not destroyed, claims of dependence by exposing North Carolinians to the expansive...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1469615398

ISBN13:9781469615394

Release Date:February 2014

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:360 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"

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