Eugene D Genovese

Broschiertes Buch

A Consuming Fire

The Fall of the Confederacy in the Mind of the White Christian South

Beschreibung

A leading historian examines the white Southern Christian response to slavery, military defeat, and emancipation. "A Consuming Fire" analyzes the strength, weakness, and failure of the struggle for reform and the nature and significance of Southern Christian orthodoxy and its vision of a proper social order, class structure, and race relations.

Autor

EUGENE D. GENOVESE (1930-2012) was one of the most influential, and controversial, historians of his time. He was the author of several books, including Roll, Jordan, Roll, for which he won the Bancroft Prize; The Southern Tradition; and The Southern Front.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Georgia Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 271g
• ISBN-13: 9780820333441
• ISBN-10: 0820333441
• Artikelnr.: 26158146