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Paul D. Escott
A sharp-edged and revealing account of the transforming struggle for Southern independence and the inherent contradictions that undermined that effort.
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Part of a series which examines the complex relationship between the US government, the US military, and the civilian population in wartime and peacetime, this work analyzes the militarization of…
Focuses on the challenge that the South’s widespread political ideals presented to Jefferson Davis and on the way growing class resentments among citizens in the countryside affected the war effort…
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Lays bare the contrast between progress on emancipation and the persistence of white supremacy in the Civil War North. Paul Escott analyses northern politics, as well as the racial attitudes…
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Modeling his latest book on Richard Hofstadter's 1948 classic The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It, the renowned historian Paul Escott has composed ten concise but deeply…
Slavery Remembered: A Record of Twentieth-Century Slave Narratives
In this timely and thoughtful book, Paul D. Escott surveys the current state of Civil War studies and explores the latest developments in research and interpretation.
Based on a broad range of contemporary newspapers, magazines, books, army records, government documents, publications of citizens’ organizations, letters, diaries, and other sources, this title examines the attitudes and actions…
In April 1865 Abraham Lincoln announced his support for voting rights for at least some of the newly freed enslaved people. Paul Escott takes this milestone as an opportunity to…
Examines the nature of North Carolina’s social system, particularly race and class relations, power, and inequality, during the last half of the nineteenth century. Paul Escott portrays North Carolina’s major…
Offers insights into the key issues of the Civil War era that played out in pronounced ways in the Tar Heel State. This volume addresses themes, such as ambivalent whites…
Spain and the United States both experienced extremely bloody and divisive civil wars that left social and emotional wounds, many of which still endure today. In Uncommonly Savage, award-winning historian…
The Civil War forced America finally to confront the contradiction between its founding values and human slavery. At the center of this historic confrontation was Abraham Lincoln. In this fascinating…
Professor Paul D Escott
Paul D. Escott,Paul D. Escott,David R Goldfield
The South often seems like a foreign country to newcomers from other parts of the United States. And for people from other countries, Southern customs and lifestyle can be even…
Jeffrey J. Crow,Paul D. Escott,Flora J. Hatley Wadelington
Originally published in 1992, A History of African Americans in North Carolina was the first one-volume survey of black history in the state. It traced the story of black North…
Jeffrey J Crow,Flora J Hatley,Professor Paul D Escott
Orville Vernon Burton,Paul D. Escott,Bertram Wyatt-Brown,Rosemarie Zagarri
Explores a tragic part of America’s history though the lenses of race, gender, leadership, politics, and memory. The essays in this strong collection shed new light on the defining issues…
This collection of thirteen essays examines the leaders of the southern states during the Civil War. Malcolm C. McMillan writes of the futile efforts of Alabama’s wealthy governors to keep…
