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Book Title: Declarations of Dependence: The Long Reconstruction of Popular Politics in the South, 1861-1908 Book Author: Gregory P. Downs (Author) Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (15 Mar 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807834440 ISBN-13: 978-0807834442 Book Description Through an examination of the pleas and petitions of ordinary North Carolinians, Downs contends that the Civil War redirected, not destroyed, claims of dependence by exposing North Carolinians to the expansive but unsystematic power of Union and Confederate governments, and by loosening the legal ties that bound them to husbands, fathers, and masters.  Review "An important new way of conceiving of how power worked in the late nineteenth century. . . . The best kind of book."--"H-Net Reviews" About the Author Gregory P. Downs is assistant professor of history at the City College of New York, USA. He is author of Spit Baths, a Flannery O'Connor Award-winning collection of short stories. Sharing Widget |