The Shaping of Southern Culture Honor, Grace, and War, 1760s-1880s |
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| Author:
| Wyatt-Brown, Bertram |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-4912-5 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2001 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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Bertram Wyatt-Brown explores three major themes: the political aspects of the South's code of honour; the increasing prominence of Protestant faith in white southerners' lives; and the devastating impact of war; defeat; and an angry loss of confidence during the post-Civil War era.
Bertram Wyatt-Brown explores three major themes: the political aspects of the South's code of honour; the increasing prominence of Protestant faith in white southerners' lives; and the devastating impact of war; defeat; and an angry loss of confidence during the post-Civil War era.