The Old South in the Crucible of War

by James J. Cooke and Harry P. Owens

Book Overview

Essays by Emory M. Thomas, Paul D. Escott, Lawrence N. Powell and Michael S. Wayne, Leon F. Litwack, Michael Barton, and Thomas B. Alexander

Not all codes and traditions of the Old South ended abruptly with the Civil War. For many historians, however, there is truth in the thesis that the war marks the division between the Old South and the New South.

To assess what happened to the old order during the tumultuous four years of the Confederacy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617030554
• ISBN13: 9781617030550
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"