The Collapse of the Confederacy
In 1937 Charles H. Wesley (1891-1987) took a bold step in rewriting the history of the Confederate South by asserting that the new nation failed because of underlying internal and social factors. Looking beyond military events to explain the Confederacy's demise, Wesley challenged conventional interpretations and argued that, by 1865, the supposedly unified South had lost its will to fight. He also recognized that many factors contributed to the defeat of the Confederacy: overwhelming numbers in the Northern armies, scarcity of food in the South, loss of manpower in the Confederate army, lack of war materiel, poor fiscal management, the Union…
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- ISBN: 978-1-57003-410-7
- EAN: 9781570034107
- Produktnummer: 1667497
- Verlag: University of South Carolina Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H17.8 cm x B12.7 cm 277 g
- Gewicht: 277
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
Über den Autor
CHARLES H. WESLEY (1891-1987) was among the most notable African American scholars of the first half of the twentieth century. JOHN DAVID SMITH is Graduate Alumni Distinguished Professor of History at North Carolina State University. He lives in Raleigh.
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