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\n In this major new history of the Civil War, Bruce Levine tells the riveting story of how that conflict upended the economic, political, and social life of the old South, utterly destroying the Confederacy and the society it represented and defended. Told through the words of the people who lived it, The Fall of the House of Dixie illuminates the way a war undertaken to preserve the status quo became a second American Revolution whose impact on the country was as strong and lasting as that of our first.
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In 1860 the American South was a vast, wealthy, imposing region where a small minority had amassed great political power and enormous fortunes through a system of forced labor. The South\u2019s large population of slaveless whites almost universally supported the basic interests of plantation owners, despite the huge wealth gap that separated them. By the end of 1865 these structures of wealth and power had been shattered. Millions of black people had gained their freedom, many poorer whites had ceased following their wealthy neighbors, and plantation owners were brought to their knees, losing not only their slaves but their political power, their worldview, their very way of life. This sea change was felt nationwide, as the balance of power in Congress, the judiciary, and the presidency shifted dramatically and lastingly toward the North, and the country embarked on a course toward equal rights.
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Levinecaptures the many-sided human drama of this story using a huge trove of diaries, letters, newspaper articles, government documents, and more. In The Fall of the House of Dixie, the true stakes of the Civil War become clearer than ever before, as slaves battle for their freedom in the face of brutal reprisals; Abraham Lincoln and his party turn what began as a limited war for the Union into a crusade against slavery by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation; poor southern whites grow increasingly disillusioned with fighting what they have come to see as the plantation owners\u2019 war; and the slave owners grow ever more desperate as their beloved social order is destroyed, not just by the Union Army, but also from within. When the smoke clears, not only Dixie but all of American society is changed forever.
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Brilliantly argued and engrossing, The Fall of the House of Dixie is a sweeping account of the destruction of the old South during the Civil War, offering a fresh perspective on the most colossal struggle in our history and the new world it brought into being.<\/p>\n

Praise for The Fall of the House of Dixie
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\u201cThis is the Civil War as it is seldom seen. . . . A portrait of a country in transition . . . as vivid as any that has been written.\u201d\u2014The Boston Globe
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\u201cAn absorbing social history . . . For readers whose Civil War bibliography runs to standard works by Bruce Catton and James McPherson, [Bruce] Levine\u2019s book offers fresh insights.\u201d\u2014The Wall Street Journal
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\u201cMore poignantly than any book before, The Fall of the House of Dixie shows how deeply intertwined the Confederacy was with slavery, and how the destruction of both made possible a \u2018second American revolution\u2019 as far-reaching as the first.\u201d\u2014David W. Blight, author of American Oracle
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\u201cSplendidly colorful . . . Levine recounts this tale of Southern institutional rot with the ease and authority born of decades of study.\u201d\u2014Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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\u201cA deep, rich, and complex analysis of the period surrounding and including the American Civil War.\u201d\u2014Publishers Weekly (starred review) <\/p>\n

ASIN \u200f : \u200e B00957T4ZQ
Publisher \u200f : \u200e Random House (January 8, 2013)
Publication date \u200f : \u200e January 8, 2013
Language \u200f : \u200e English
File size \u200f : \u200e 7878 KB
Text-to-Speech \u200f : \u200e Enabled
Screen Reader \u200f : \u200e Supported
Enhanced typesetting \u200f : \u200e Enabled
X-Ray \u200f : \u200e Enabled
Word Wise \u200f : \u200e Enabled
Sticky notes \u200f : \u200e On Kindle Scribe
Print length \u200f : \u200e 561 pages <\/p>\n

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Customers find the book full of in-depth information about the mindset of the southern people in the Civil War. They describe the reading experience as incredible and well-written. Readers also appreciate the excellent historical perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n

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