Origins of Southern Radicalism by Lacy K Ford Jr
In the sixty years before the American Civil War, the South Carolina Upcountry evolved from an isolated subsistence region that served as a stronghold of Jeffersonian Republicanism into a mature cotton-producing region with a burgeoning commercial sector that served as a hotbed of Southern radicalism. This groundbreaking study examines this startling evolution, tracing the growth, logic, and strategy of pro-slavery radicalism and the circumstances and values of white society and politics to analyze why the white majority of the Old South ultimately supported the secession movement that led to bloody civil war.
Unquestionably the finest book on an antebellum southern state since JMills Thornton's Politics and Power in a Slave Society....His major contribution...is not to explain uniqueness but rather to portray convincingly a state sharing much with the other states of the cotton South....In sum, Lacy K. Ford has written a major book. * Journal of Southern History *
Excellent....A major contribution to the history of South Carolina. * South Carolina Historical Magazine *
An important book....A carefully researched, well-written analysis. * Civil War History *
Both undergraduate and graduate readers will benefit from this revealing look at the Old South's bellwether state. * Choice *
This is a superb book. It carefully situates republican ideology in its social, economic, and political context and skillfully portrays interrelationships between ideas and social reality. * Georgia Historical Quarterly *
Excellent....A major contribution to the history of South Carolina. * South Carolina Historical Magazine *
An important book....A carefully researched, well-written analysis. * Civil War History *
Both undergraduate and graduate readers will benefit from this revealing look at the Old South's bellwether state. * Choice *
This is a superb book. It carefully situates republican ideology in its social, economic, and political context and skillfully portrays interrelationships between ideas and social reality. * Georgia Historical Quarterly *
Lacy K. Ford is Professor of History, University of South Carolina.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195069617 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195069617 |
| Title | Origins of Southern Radicalism |
| Author | Lacy K Ford Jr Jr |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1992-05-07 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Prizes | Winner of Winner of the 1989 Francis B. Simkins Award of the Southern Historical Association. |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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