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America's Longest Siege
Joseph Kelly
其他書名
Charleston, Slavery, and the Slow March Toward Civil War
出版Abrams, 2013-06-27
主題History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)Social Science / Slavery
ISBN14683102599781468310252
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=WNyGDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋“[A] vivid and engrossing study of slavery in and around one of its trading hubs, Charleston, SC . . . an important contribution to Southern antebellum history.” —Library Journal

In America’s Longest Siege, historian Joseph Kelly captures the toxic mix of nationalism, paternalism, and wealth that made Charleston the center of the nationwide debate over slavery and the tragic act of secession that doomed both the city and the South.

Thoroughly researched and compulsively readable, America’s Longest Siege offers a new take on the Civil War and the culture that made it inevitable.

“Lays bare the decades-long campaign of rationalization and intimidation that revivified and reinforced the institution of slavery and dragged the United States into disunion and civil war . . . this masterful study is a timely and important reminder of the consequences that result when ideological extremists succeed in drowning out the voices of reason.” —Peter Quinn, author of Hour of the Cat