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Identifies the factors and causes of the South's festering propensity for aggression that contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. This title asserts that the South was dominated by militant white men who resorted to violence in the face of social, personal, or political conflict. It details the consequences of antebellum aggression.

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"A pioneer work... [Franklin's] sources are original, his work is thorough and his book makes a fresh and significant contribution to the understanding of the mind of the South." -- C. Vann Woodward, New York Times Book Review "John Hope Franklin has assembled an unrivaled body of data on these diverse manifestations of the fighting spirit in the South, and has presented it in a book which enables the reader better to understand a whole range of behavior." -- Yale Review "An important addition to the historical literature of the Old South." -- J. C. Furnas

The Militant South 18001861

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      Publisher: University of Illinois Press
      Publication Date: 3/12/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780252070693, 978-0252070693
      ISBN10: 0252070690

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Identifies the factors and causes of the South's festering propensity for aggression that contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. This title asserts that the South was dominated by militant white men who resorted to violence in the face of social, personal, or political conflict. It details the consequences of antebellum aggression.

      Trade Review
      "A pioneer work... [Franklin's] sources are original, his work is thorough and his book makes a fresh and significant contribution to the understanding of the mind of the South." -- C. Vann Woodward, New York Times Book Review "John Hope Franklin has assembled an unrivaled body of data on these diverse manifestations of the fighting spirit in the South, and has presented it in a book which enables the reader better to understand a whole range of behavior." -- Yale Review "An important addition to the historical literature of the Old South." -- J. C. Furnas

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