A place called Appomattox
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In A Place Called Appomattox, William Marvel turns his extensive Civil War scholarship toward Appomattox County, Virginia, and the village of Appomattox Court House, which became synonymous with the end of the Civil War when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant there in 1865. Marvel presents a formidably researched and elegantly written analysis of the county from 1848 to 1877, using it as a microcosm of Southern attitudes, class issues, and shifting cultural mores that shaped the Civi…
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- Full title :A place called Appomattox / William Marvel.
Summary
In A Place Called Appomattox, William Marvel turns his extensive Civil War scholarship toward Appomattox County, Virginia, and the village of Appomattox Court House, which became synonymous with the end of the Civil War when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant there in 1865. Marvel presents a formidably researched and elegantly written analysis of the county from 1848 to 1877, using it as a microcosm of Southern attitudes, class issues, and shifting cultural mores that shaped the Civil War and its denouement. With an eye toward correcting cultural myths an.
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- Publication Date:2008.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Southern Illinois University Press
- Place of Publication:Carbondale
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2008.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (1 volume)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781435667440, 1435667441, 0809328313, 9780809328314, 9780809387205, 0809387204
- oclc:ocn259365690
- LC Classification:F234.A6
- Dewey Decimal:973.7/38
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