{"product_id":"the-confederacy-the-slaveholders-failed-venture-hardcover","title":"The Confederacy: The Slaveholders' Failed Venture - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul D. Escott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sharp-edged and revealing account of the transforming struggle for Southern independence and the inherent contradictions that undermined that effort.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul Escott's \u003ci\u003eThe Confederacy: The Slaveholders' Failed Venture\u003c\/i\u003e offers a unique and multifaceted perspective on the United States' most pivotal and devastating conflict, examining the course of the Civil War from the perspective of the Southern elite class, who were desperate to preserve the \"peculiar institution\" of its slave-based economy, yet dependent on ordinary Southerners, slaves, and women to sustain the fight for them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAgainst the backdrop of the war's military drama and strategic dilemmas, \u003ci\u003eThe Confederacy\u003c\/i\u003e brings into sharp focus the racial, class, gender, and political conflicts that helped destabilize the Confederacy from within. Along the way, Escott shows how time and time again, the South's political and economic elite made errors that further weakened a South already facing a Union army with greater numbers and firepower.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul D. Escott\u003c\/b\u003e is Reynolds Professor of History at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, and the author of several books on the South and the Civil War, including Praeger's \u003ci\u003eMilitary Necessity: Civil-Military Relations in the Confederacy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52630878093619,"sku":"9780275994099","price":151.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/mXpfNvOPh49780275994099.webp?v=1762167245","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-confederacy-the-slaveholders-failed-venture-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}