Reconstruction's Ragged Edge The Politics of Postwar Life in the Southern Mountains |
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| Author:
| Nash, Steven E. |
| Series title: | Civil War America Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4696-2624-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2016 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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In this illuminating study, Steven E. Nash chronicles the history of Reconstruction as it unfolded in the mountains of western North Carolina. Nash presents a complex story of the region's grappling with the war's aftermath, examining the persistent wartime loyalties that informed bitter power struggles between factions of white mountaineers determined to rule.
In this illuminating study, Steven E. Nash chronicles the history of Reconstruction as it unfolded in the mountains of western North Carolina. Nash presents a complex story of the region's grappling with the war's aftermath, examining the persistent wartime loyalties that informed bitter power struggles between factions of white mountaineers determined to rule.