An edition of Rich man's war (1998)

Rich man's war

class, caste, and Confederate defeat in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley

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An edition of Rich man's war (1998)

Rich man's war

class, caste, and Confederate defeat in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley

In Rich Man's War historian David Williams focuses on the Civil War experience of people in the Chattahoochee Valley of Georgia and Alabama to illustrate how the exploitation of enslaved blacks and poor whites by a planter oligarchy generated overwhelming class conflict across the South, eventually leading to Confederate defeat. This conflict was clearly highlighted by the perception that the Civil War was "a rich man's war and a poor man's fight.".

Throughout the war growing numbers of oppressed whites and blacks openly rebelled against Confederate authority, undermining the fight for independence. Southern plain folk expressed an increasingly antagonistic attitude toward the region's elite and the Confederacy itself as the war dragged on, and slaves looked forward to the Confederacy's downfall and the freedom they hoped it would bring.

After the war, however, the upper classes were able to prevent a class revolution by encouraging enmity between freedpeople and poor whites. Trapped by racism and poverty, the poor remained in virtual economic slavery, dominated by an almost unchanged planter elite. Nowhere was the impact of class and caste on Confederate defeat more evident than in the lower Chattahoochee Valley.

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English
Pages
288

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Rich man's war: class, caste, and Confederate defeat in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley
1998, University of Georgia Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-272) and index.
"Sponsored by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission."

Published in
Athens, Ga

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
975.8
Library of Congress
F292.C4 W54 1998, F292.C4W54 1998

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Pagination
xiv, 288 p. :
Number of pages
288

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Open Library
OL360265M
ISBN 10
0820320331
LCCN
98020312
OCLC/WorldCat
39116613
Library Thing
1187967
Goodreads
2299189

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