In Rich Man's War historian David Williams focuses on the Civil War experience of people in the Chattahoochee River Valley of Georgia and Alabama to illustrate how the exploitation of enslaved blacks and poor whites by a planter oligarchy generated overwhelming class conflict across the South, eventually leading to Confederate defeat. This conflict was so clearly highlighted by the perception that the Civil War was "a rich man's war and a poor man's fight" that growing numbers of oppressed whites and blacks openly rebelled against Confederate authority, undermining the fight for independence. After the war, however, the upper classes encouraged enmity between freedpeople and poor whites to prevent a class revolution. Trapped by racism and poverty, the poor remained in virtual economic slavery, still dominated by an almost unchanged planter elite. The publication of this book was supported by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
ISBN-10
0820320331
ISBN-13
9780820320335
eBay Product ID (ePID)
247839
Product Key Features
Book Title
Rich Man's War : Class, Caste and Confederate Defeat in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley
Author
David Williams
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV)
Publication Year
1999
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Number of Pages
328 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
21.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
F292.C4w54 1998
Grade from
Eighth Grade
Grade to
Up
Reviews
A well-written account of an important region that significantly enriches a collective social portrait of Confederate home fronts across the diverse and complex wartime South., Not simply an extended essay on the causes of Confederate defeat. It is also a detailed history of a southern region at war., "Not simply an extended essay on the causes of Confederate defeat. It is also a detailed history of a southern region at war."-- Journal of American History, "A well-written account of an important region that significantly enriches a collective social portrait of Confederate home fronts across the diverse and complex wartime South."--North Carolina Historical Review, "A well-written account of an important region that significantly enriches a collective social portrait of Confederate home fronts across the diverse and complex wartime South."-- North Carolina Historical Review, "Not simply an extended essay on the causes of Confederate defeat. It is also a detailed history of a southern region at war."--Journal of American History
Copyright Date
1998
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
98-020312
Dewey Decimal
975.8
Dewey Edition
21
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