The Confederacy: The Slaveholders' Failed Venture

by Paul D. Escott

Book Overview

A sharp-edged and revealing account of the transforming struggle for Southern independence and the inherent contradictions that undermined that effort.

Paul Escott's The Confederacy: The Slaveholders' Failed Venture offers a unique and multifaceted perspective on the United States' most pivotal and devastating conflict, examining the course of the Civil War from the perspective of the Southern elite class, who were desperate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275994090
• ISBN13: 9780275994099
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"