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Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 242 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. pp. 256 Illus.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Exploring family and community dynamics, Enemies of the Country profiles men and women of the Confederate states who, in addition to the wartime burdens endured by most southerners, had to cope with being a detested minority. With one exception, these featured individuals were white, but they otherwise represent a wide spectrum of the southern citizenry. They include natives to the region, foreign immigrants and northern transplants, affluent and poor, farmers and merchants, politicians and journalists, slaveholders and nonslaveholders. Some resided in highland areas and in remote parts of border states, the two locales with which southern Unionists are commonly associated. Others, however, lived in the Deep South and in urban settings. Some were openly defiant; others took a more covert stand. Together the portraits underscore how varied Unionist identities and motives were, and how fluid and often fragile the personal, familial, and local circumstances of Unionist allegiance could be. For example, many southern Unionists shared basic social and political assumptions with white southerners who cast their lots with the Confederacy, including an abhorrence of emancipation. The very human stories of southern Unionists--as they saw themselves and as their neighbors saw them--are shown here to be far more complex and colorful than previously acknowledged.…

Hardcover. 1st Edition. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. x, 242. With halftone title vignette and text illustrations; notes, bibliography, index. HARDCOVER, navy blue cloth, spine lettered in copper, with pictorial dust-jacket. ~ FIRST EDITION. [NOTE:] The ORIGINAL hardcover edition, thus NOT the commonly offered photomechanical reprint! A fascinating collection of essays, most of which were first presented as papers at the conference "Families at War: Loyalty and Conflict in the Civil War South," held at the University of Richmond in May 1998. G-4 IN. ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator). …

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Essays on residents of the Confederacy who took a stand for the Union This book explores the family and community dynamics of the Unionist experience in the Civil War South. Enemies of the Country profiles men and women of the Confederate states who, in addition to the wartime burdens endured by most southerners, had to cope with being a detested minority. With one exception, these featured individuals were white, but they otherwise represent a wide spectrum of the southern citizenry. They include natives to the region, foreign immigrants and northern transplants, affluent and poor, farmers and merchants, politicians and journalists, slaveholders and nonslaveholders. Some resided in highland areas and in remote parts of border states, the two locales with which southern Unionists are commonly associated. Others, however, lived in the Deep South and in urban settings. Together the portraits underscore how varied Unionist identities and motives were, and how fluid and often fragile the personal, familial, and local circumstances of Unionist allegiance could be.…

Zustand: New. Profiles men and women of the Confederate states who, in addition to the wartime burdens endured by most Southerners, had to cope with being a detested minority.&Uumlber den AutorJohn C. Inscoe (Editor) JOHN C. INSCOE is.

Zustand: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…