The Confederate nation, 1861-1865 /
by Emory M. Thomas.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Harper & Row, c1979.
- xvi, 384 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
- The New American Nation series .
- The New American Nation series. .
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 323-372.
The social economy of the Old South -- Cultural nationalism in the pre-Confederate South -- Foundations of the southern nation -- Southern nationality established -- Southern nationality confirmed -- Confederate nationality confounded -- Origins of the revolutionary South -- Foreign relations of a nascent nation -- The development of the Confederate South -- The Confederate South at full tide -- The disintegration of southern nationalism -- Death of the nation -- Appendix: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America.
Traces the development of Southern nationalism from its foundations in the Old South through the establishment of the Confederacy and the first years of the Civil War.