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The Confederate republic : a revolution against politics

Author: George C Rable
Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1994.
Series: Civil War America.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Although much has been written about the ways in which Confederate politics affected the course of the Civil War, George Rable is the first historian to investigate Confederate political culture in its own right. Focusing on the assumptions, values, and beliefs that formed the foundation of Confederate political ideology, Rable reveals how Southerners attempted to purify the political process and avoid what they saw  Read more...
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Rable, George C.
Confederate republic.
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1994
(OCoLC)624349488
Online version:
Rable, George C.
Confederate republic.
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1994
(OCoLC)628417864
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: George C Rable
ISBN: 0807821446 9780807821442
OCLC Number: 28926687
Description: x, 416 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series Title: Civil War America.
Responsibility: George C. Rable.

Abstract:

Although much has been written about the ways in which Confederate politics affected the course of the Civil War, George Rable is the first historian to investigate Confederate political culture in its own right. Focusing on the assumptions, values, and beliefs that formed the foundation of Confederate political ideology, Rable reveals how Southerners attempted to purify the political process and avoid what they saw as the evils of parties and partisanship. According to Rable, secession marked the beginning of a revolution against politics in which the Confederacy's founding fathers saw themselves as the true heirs of the American Revolution. Nevertheless, factionalism developed as the war dragged on, with Confederate nationalists emphasizing political unity and support for President Jefferson Davis's administration and libertarian dissenters warning of the dangers of a centralized Confederate government. Both sides claimed to be the legitimate defenders of a genuine Southern republicanism and of Confederate nationalism, and the conflict between them carried over from the strictly political sphere to matters of military strategy, civil religion, and education. Consulting a wide range of sources, including newspapers, sermons, contemporary textbooks, political correspondence, and military documents, Rable constructs an analytical narrative of Confederate political culture, arguing that it did more to strengthen the Confederacy than weaken it. He concludes that despite the war's outcome, the anti-political legacy of the Confederate republic had a profound impact on the future of Southern politics.

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