Historical Dictionary of the Old South

William L. Richter

doi:10.5771/9780810879157

Summary

The South played a prominent role in early American history, and its position was certainly strong and proud except for the “peculiar institution” of slavery. Thus, it drew away from the rest of an expanding nation, and in 1861 declared secession and developed a Confederacy… that ultimately lost the war. Indeed, for some time it was occupied. Thus, the South has a very mixed legacy, with good and bad aspects, and sometimes the two of them mixed. Which only enhances the need for a careful and balanced approach.

This can be found in the Historical Dictionary of the Old South, which first traces its history from colonial times to the end of the Civil War in a substantial chronology. Particularly interesting is the introduction, which analyzes the rise and the fall, the good and the bad, as well as the middling and indifferent, over nigh on two centuries. The details are filled in very amply in over 600 dictionary entries on the politics, economy, society and culture of the Old South. An ample bibliography directs students and researchers toward other sources of information.

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Copyright year: 2013
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8108-5074-3
ISBN-Online: 978-0-8108-7915-7
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 564
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Editor’s Foreword No access
4. Chronology No access
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Appendix 1. United States Governments during the Antebellum Era, 1790–1861 No access Pages 423 - 428
Appendix 2. United States and Confederate Governments during the Civil War, 1861–1865 No access Pages 429 - 430
Appendix 3. The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, 1781 No access Pages 431 - 440
Appendix 4. Constitution of the Confederate States of America, 1861 No access Pages 441 - 458
Appendix 5. Constitution of the United States of America as of 1860 No access Pages 459 - 474
Bibliography No access Pages 475 - 562
About the Author No access Pages 563 - 564