A Shattered Nation: The Rise and Fall of the Confederacy, 1861-1868: Easyread Comfort Edition

A Shattered Nation: The Rise and Fall of the Confederacy, 1861-1868: Easyread Comfort Edition
ISBN-10
1442977760
ISBN-13
9781442977761
Series
A Shattered Nation
Category
History
Pages
684
Language
English
Published
2009-06-16
Publisher
ReadHowYouWant.com
Author
Anne Sarah Rubin

Description

'Those interested in the nature of American nationalism will find much food for thought in this accomplished discussion of the way Southerners rejected their American identities during the Civil War and developed a sense of themselves as Confederates.'' Foreign Affairs Historians often assert that Confederate nationalism had its origins in pre-Civil War sectional conflict with the North, reached its apex at the start of the war, and then dropped off quickly after the end of hostilities. Anne Sarah Rubin argues instead that white Southerners did not actually begin to formulate a national identity until it became evident that the Confederacy was destined to fight a lengthy war against the Union. She also demonstrates that an attachment to a symbolic or sentimental Confederacy existed independent of the political Confederacy and was therefore able to persist well after the collapse of the Confederate state. White Southerners redefined symbols and figures of the failed state as emotional touchstones and political rallying points in the struggle to retain local (and racial) control, Rubin argues, even as former Confederates took the loyalty oath and applied for pardons in droves.

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