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Slavery, Secession, and Southern History

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The essays in this book are consistently interesting and thoroughly researched. The writers are some of the finest active historians of the American South. I particularly recommend Robert Paquette's article on slave drivers and Eugene Genovese's interview in Appendix A. I also liked Clyde Wilson's analysis of John C. Calhoun's economic thought. Calhoun's dual executive theory may have been off the mark but his economic thinking was first-rate and profoundly republican.

Twelve scholars provide essays debating the cause of Civil War history and the relationships between slavery and master-slave relationships in the South in a title which revises and challenges central themes of Eugene Genovese's work on the subject. The result is Slavery, Secession, and Southern History, a new analysis and interpretation of Southern history recommended for any student of the era.

If you are intrested in Slavery, Secession, and Southern History as am, this book is perfect fo you. Edited by the brillant Professor of Economics Louis Ferleger, this book is a collection of articles that discuss diffrent parts of th 19th century south. I think it is a great book every history buff should own, no collection is complete without it.