The Confederate States of America: What Might Have BeenPresents a distinguished historian's theories about how America would be different if the Civil War had ended in a stalemate or a victory for the Confederacy or if Lincoln had lost the 1864 election, in a historical analysis that offers additional insight into key Civil War events. 13,000 first printing. |
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Crítica de los usuarios - charbonn - LibraryThingThis is a sort-of alternate history of the period 1861-1918, written by a historian and economist, Roger L Ransom of the University of California Riverside. It is not a work of fiction, however, but a ... Leer comentario completo
THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA: What Might Have Been
Crítica de los usuarios - KirkusAn intriguing exercise in counterfactual history, operating under the assumption that the Confederate States of America did not, in fact, win the last election.Imagine, Ransom (History and Economics ... Leer comentario completo
Contenido
WHAT IF? THE HISTORIANS FAVORITE SECRET QUESTION | 1 |
CONFLICTING VISIONS WAS THE CIVIL WAR INEVITABLE? | 19 |
THE SOUTHERN GAMBLE COULD THE SOUTH HAVE WON? | 73 |
AGAINST ALL ODDS THE ANATOMY OF A SOUTHERN VICTORY | 121 |
THE KING Is DEAD LONG LIVE THE KING THE FUTURE OF THE SLAVE SOUTH | 161 |
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE CIVIL WAR AND THE WHOLE FAMILY OF MAN | 211 |
THE END OF THE BEGINNING | 243 |
MEASURING CASUALTIES IN THE CIVIL WAR | 247 |
THE COSTS OF EMANCIPATION IN 188O | 259 |
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA | 265 |
Notes | 287 |
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| 339 | |
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The Confederate States of America: What Might Have Been Roger L. Ransom Sin vista previa disponible - 2006 |
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| Título | The Confederate States of America: What Might Have Been |
| Autor | Roger L. Ransom |
| Edición | ilustrada |
| Editor | W. W. Norton & Company, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0393059677, 9780393059670 |
| Largo | 352 páginas |
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