Plain Folk in a Rich Man's War: Class and Dissent in Confederate Georgia

This compelling and engaging book sheds new light on how planter self-interest, government indifference, and the very nature of southern society produced a rising tide of dissent and disaffection among Georgia's plain folk during the Civil War. The authors make extensive use of local newspapers, court records, manuscript collections, and other firsthand accounts to tell a story of latent class resentment that emerged full force under wartime pressures and undermined southern support for the Confederacy.

Author: David Williams, Teresa Crisp Williams, David Carlson
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 01/01/2002
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9780813028361
ISBN10: 0813028361
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,
- History | United States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)