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The book offers a transformative perspective on the slaveholding South, challenging the notion of slaveholders as benevolent aristocrats. It reveals their alignment with Northern entrepreneurs, emphasizing their dedication to free-market capitalism and political democracy for white men. The narrative reframes the Civil War not as an unavoidable clash of civilizations but as a breakdown of a unified system influenced by individuals and specific events. This analysis reshapes our understanding of antebellum America and its socio-political dynamics leading to the Civil War.
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Ruling Race, James Oakes
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1998
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- Titel
- Ruling Race
- Untertitel
- A History of American Slaveholders
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- James Oakes
- Verlag
- 1998
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 334
- ISBN13
- 9780393317053
- Kategorie
- Geschichte, Karten & Reisen, Weltgeschichte
- Beschreibung
- The book offers a transformative perspective on the slaveholding South, challenging the notion of slaveholders as benevolent aristocrats. It reveals their alignment with Northern entrepreneurs, emphasizing their dedication to free-market capitalism and political democracy for white men. The narrative reframes the Civil War not as an unavoidable clash of civilizations but as a breakdown of a unified system influenced by individuals and specific events. This analysis reshapes our understanding of antebellum America and its socio-political dynamics leading to the Civil War.