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The Making of a Confederate. Walter Lenoir's Civil War.
William L. Barney
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hardcover. This book uses the life of one man-Walter Lenoir of North Carolina-to explore the origins of southern white identity and the ambiguities and complexities embedded in that history with devotion to the Confederate cause. Lenoirs intention to divest himself of his inherited slaves changed with the war's outbreak and he joined the Confederate army. Series: New Narratives in American History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 b/w halftones, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 178 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 329.
For all the advances of the civil rights movement, and for all the cultural diversity attending economic prosperity, many white southerners have been unable to relinquish the Confederate past and the idea of a heroic, liberty-loving South crushed by power-hungry Yankees. The Making of a Confederate uses the life of one man--Walter Lenoir of North Carolina--to explore the origins of southern white identity and the myriad ambiguities and complexities embedded in that history. Lenoir's case is particularly fascinating in the way it complicates notions about the sources of rabid devotion to the Confederate cause. Although born into a wealthy slaveholding ... Read more
For all the advances of the civil rights movement, and for all the cultural diversity attending economic prosperity, many white southerners have been unable to relinquish the Confederate past and the idea of a heroic, liberty-loving South crushed by power-hungry Yankees. The Making of a Confederate uses the life of one man--Walter Lenoir of North Carolina--to explore the origins of southern white identity and the myriad ambiguities and complexities embedded in that history. Lenoir's case is particularly fascinating in the way it complicates notions about the sources of rabid devotion to the Confederate cause. Although born into a wealthy slaveholding ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
New Narratives in American History
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195314359
SKU
V9780195314359
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About William L. Barney
William L. Barney is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His books include The Road to Secession, The Secessionist Impulse, Flawed Victory, Battleground for the Union, and The Passage of the Republic.
Reviews for The Making of a Confederate. Walter Lenoir's Civil War.
"In this fascinating and beautifully written portrait...William L. Barney breathes life into many key aspects of the Civil War era as it was experienced in the Upper South. A major achievement."
Bruce Levine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, author of Confederate Emancipation: Southern Plans to Free and Arm Slaves during the Civil War "An enormously intelligent, sensitive, interesting, [and] significant biography ... Read more
Bruce Levine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, author of Confederate Emancipation: Southern Plans to Free and Arm Slaves during the Civil War "An enormously intelligent, sensitive, interesting, [and] significant biography ... Read more