The Self-Inflicted Wound: Southern Politics in the Nineteenth Century
(Part of the New Perspectives on the South Series)
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The essentially tragic political fate of the American South in the nineteenth century resulted from what Robert F. Durden calls a """"self-inflicted wound""""-the gradual surrender of the white majority to the pride, fears, and hates of racism. In this gracefully written and closely reasoned study, Durden traces the course of southern political life from the predominantly optimistic, nationalistic Jeffersonian era to the sullenly sectional, chronically defensive decades following the Civil War. Pol
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813160197
ISBN13:9780813160191
Release Date:July 2014
Publisher:University Press of Kentucky
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.47 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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