A Shattered Nation

The Rise and Fall of the Confederacy, 1861-1868
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8078-5592-8
Verlag: Longleaf on Behalf of Univ of N. Carolina

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 477 g

Reihe: Civil War America

Historians often assert that Confederate nationalism had its origins in pre-Civil War sectional conflict with the North, reached its apex at the start of the war, and then dropped off quickly after the end of hostilities. Anne Sarah Rubin argues instead that white Southerners did not actually begin to formulate a national identity until it became evident that the Confederacy was destined to fight a lengthy war against the Union. She also demonstrates that an attachment to a symbolic or sentimental Confederacy existed independent of the political Confederacy and was therefore able to persist well after the collapse of the Confederate state. White Southerners redefined symbols and figures of the failed state as emotional touchstones and political rallying points in the struggle to retain local (and racial) control, Rubin argues, even as former Confederates took the loyalty oath and applied for pardons in droves.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rubin, Anne Sarah

Über Autor(innen)

Anne Sarah Rubin is assistant professor of history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She is coauthor, with Edward Ayers, of the electronic project <i>Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War - The Eve of War</i>.