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The fall of the house of Dixie the Civil War and the social revolution that transformed the South

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In this major new history of the Civil War, Bruce Levine tells the riveting story of how that conflict upended the economic, political, and social life of the old South, utterly destroying the Confederacy and the society it represented and defended.

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Main Author: Levine, Bruce C., 1949-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, c2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Confederate States of America.
Confederate States of America > Social conditions.
Confederate States of America > Economic conditions.
Slavery > Social aspects > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Economic aspects > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Elite (Social sciences) > Southern States > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Economic aspects.
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Summary:In this major new history of the Civil War, Bruce Levine tells the riveting story of how that conflict upended the economic, political, and social life of the old South, utterly destroying the Confederacy and the society it represented and defended.
Physical Description:xix, 439 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-415) and index.
ISBN:9781400067039
1400067030
9780679645351 (ebook)
0679645357 (ebook)
Author Notes:Bruce Levine is the J. G. Randall Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Illinois. An associate editor of the Civil War magazine North and South, he has published three books on the Civil War era. The most recent of these, Confederate Emancipation: Southern Plans to Free and Arm Slaves During the Civil War, received the Peter Seaborg Award for Civil War Scholarship and was named one of the ten best nonfiction books of 2005 by The Washington Post .

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