What Caused the Civil War?: Reflections on the South and Southern HistoryThe past of the American South, with its peculiarities of tragic proportions-a system of slavery flourishing in a land of freedom, secession and Civil War tearing at the Union, poverty persisting in a nation of fast-paced development-is fertile ground for great works of history. Here in wide-ranging essays, today's foremost Southern historian turns over the rich soil of life in the South. |
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What Caused the Civil War?: Reflections on the South and Southern History Edward L. Ayers Limited preview - 2006 |
What Caused the Civil War?: Reflections on the South and Southern History Edward L. Ayers No preview available - 2006 |
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