Plain folk in a rich man's war : class and dissent in Confederate Georgia /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Williams, David.
Imprint:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2002.
Description:	xii, 263 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	American Civil War (1861-1865) Social classes -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century. Dissenters -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century. Rural poor -- Georgia -- Political activity -- History -- 19th century. Plantation owners -- Georgia -- Social conditions -- 19th century. Dissenters. Plantation owners -- Social conditions. Politics and government. Rural poor -- Political activity. Social aspects. Social classes. Social conditions. Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects. Georgia -- Social conditions -- 19th century. Georgia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865. Georgia. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4781525

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Other authors / contributors:	Williams, Teresa Crisp. Carlson, David.
ISBN:	0813025702 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-246) and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: "A Rich Man's War"
1. "This Fuss Was All for the Benefit of the Wealthy": Secession and Dissent
2. "Far Greater Enemies to the South": Cotton Planters and Speculators
3. "God Help the Poor": Impressment, Hunger, and the Failure of Relief
4. "The Women Rising": Letters of Despair and Acts of Desperation
5. "Worse Than Slaves": Military Conscription
6. "Distemper of the Time": The Courts and Planter Privilege
7. "Very Improper Conduct": Slaves and Plain Folk
8. "We Are Fighting Each Other Harder Than We Ever Fought the Enemy": Georgia's Inner Civil War
9. "Don't Think There Is Much Regret for the Loss"

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