Confederate Cities – The Urban South during the Civil War Era by Slap, Andrew L. (Editor)/ Towers (Corporate Author)/ Goldfield, Michael (Foreward By) - 2015

University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of Chicago Press, 2015-11-17. Paperback. Very Good. clean and sturdy copy, minor markings scattered through few pages. jn.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Clean, crisp, uncracked softcover in fine condition. . Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 2015.

University of Chicago Press:, 2015. 302 pages. "The essays in this impressive collection highlight the centrality of Confederate citites during the conflict." FINE- SOFTCOVER. Soft Cover. Fine-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2015. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 302 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. When we talk about the Civil War, we often describe it in terms of battles that took place in small towns or in the countryside: Antietam, Gettysburg, Bull Run, and, most tellingly, the Battle of the Wilderness. One reason this picture has persisted is that few urban historians have studied the war, even though cities hosted, enabled, and shaped Southern society as much as they did in the North. Confederate Cities, edited by Andrew L. Slap and Frank Towers, shifts the focus from the agrarian economy that undergirded the South to the cities that served as its political and administrative hubs. The contributors use the lens of the city to examine now-familiar Civil War-era themes, including the scope of the war, secession, gender, emancipation, and war's destruction. This more integrative approach dramatically revises our understanding of slavery's relationship to capitalist economics and cultural modernity. By enabling a more holistic reading of the South, the book… Read More