e-branch
Login
My List - 0
Help
Home
My Account/Renew Loans
Community Info
KidSearch
New Catalogue!
Search
Advanced
By Format
By Number
My Searches
Can't Find it?
Find Magazine Articles & more
Problems?
Search:
Title Starts with...
Title Keyword(s)
Author/Performer/Name (Last,First)
Author/Performer/Name Keyword(s)
Subject Starts with...
Subject Keyword(s)
Series Starts with...
Series Keyword(s)
Anyword/Anywhere
List Name Keyword(s)
Refine Search
> You're searching:
Halifax Public Libraries
Item Information
Copy / Holding Information
Booklist Review
Choice Review
Library Journal Review
Publisher Weekly Review
More Content
More by this author
Levine, Bruce C., 1949-
Subjects
Slavery -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Economic aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Elite (Social sciences) -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Confederate States of America.
Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.
Confederate States of America -- Economic conditions.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Levine, Bruce C., 1949-
by title:
The fall of the hous...
by call number:
973.713 L665f
Search the Web
Levine, Bruce C., 1949-
Slavery -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Economic aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Elite (Social sciences) -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Confederate States of America.
Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.
Confederate States of America -- Economic conditions.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects.
MARC Display
The
fall
of the
house
of
Dixie
: the
Civil
War
and the
social
revolution
that
transformed
the
South
/ Bruce Levine.
by
Levine, Bruce C., 1949-
Random House, c2013.
Call #:
973.713 L665f
Subjects
Slavery --
Social
aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Economic aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Elite (
Social
sciences) -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Confederate States of America.
Confederate States of America --
Social
conditions.
Confederate States of America -- Economic conditions.
United States -- History --
Civil
War
, 1861-1865 --
Social
aspects.
United States -- History --
Civil
War
, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects.
ISBN:
9781400067039
1400067030
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xix, 439 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-415) and index.
Contents:
The
house
of
Dixie
-- Securing the mansion : the slaveholder revolt and its origins -- Early portents : the first phases of
war
-- Recognizing the "logic of events" : Union
war
policy evolves, 1861-1863 -- "The clouds are dark over us" : the convulsions of 1863 -- Bound for "a land they knew not" : after slavery, what? -- Cracks in the walls widen -- A ray of light shines briefly through the rafters -- Feeling the timbers shudder -- And the walls gave way : Richmond, Appomattox, and after -- Conclusion : "We should rejoice".
Summary:
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.
Holds:
0
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Item type
Status
Central Library
Adult Nonfiction
973.713 L665f
Adult books
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.