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The Plain People of the Confederacy (Paperback)
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The Plain People of the Confederacy (Paperback)
Series: Southern Classics
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Discovery Miles 4 470
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Wiley's most critical examination of the effects of the Civil War
on the lives of its participation Widely hailed for his realistic
portrayals of the common soldier of the Civil War, Bell Irvin Wiley
upset carefully cultivated, deeply held southern myths about the
Lost Cause with the 1944 publication of The Plain People of the
Confederacy. His engaging and timeless look at the Confederate
experience of soldiers, African Americans, and women also sparked a
debate about the reasons for southern defeat that continues among
historians to this day. Republished here with Paul Escott's new
introduction and fresh appraisal of the book's influence, this
classic work reveals a far more complex, conflicted, and intriguing
society than the unified and idealized version created and
perpetuated in the wake of surrender. Wiley broke new ground by
challenging southern myths about a contented and loyal slave
population, a self-sacrificing citizenry united in support of
states' rights, and a military unmarred by cowardice and vice.
Unearthing a wealth of correspondence, government documents, and
other firsthand accounts, Wiley brought to center stage the
question of popular morale and insisted on its importance in
shaping the fate of the Confederacy. He showed that the Confederacy
was racked by dissension and that the heart of the South's problems
lay in class resentments and poor governmental policy rather than
in military reverses.
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