{"product_id":"1865-alabama-from-civil-war-to-uncivil-peace-paperback-softback-9780817361938","title":"1865 Alabama; From Civil War to Uncivil Peace (Paperback \/ softback) 9780817361938","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003e1865 Alabama\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom Civil War to Uncivil Peace\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristopher Lyle McIlwain (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817361938\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 September 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e376 pages, 21 b\u0026amp;w figures\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003e1865 Alabama\u003c\/i\u003e unequivocally demands to be taken seriously as a landmark in Alabama’s historical scholarship . . . Anyone wanting to know about Alabama’s Civil War and Reconstruction experience must reckon with this book.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Alabama Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Clearly, the first months of ‘peace’ in Alabama, McIlwain concludes, set the tone for the state's economic, political, and social evolution even to the present day. Judging from the convincing arguments herein presented, this lawyer has won his case.” —\u003ci\u003eCivil War Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “One of the most interesting and provocative studies of a Confederate state that has appeared in recent years. McIlwain presents an impressive amount of fresh research and information that advances a number of striking and controversial interpretations.” —George C. Rable, author of \u003ci\u003eGod’s Almost Chosen Peoples: A Religious History of the American Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“McIlwain has produced an engaging, often witty, and always informative study of the development of Reconstructionist thought in Alabama. This is a topic that has only recently garnered serious attention, and so McIlwain stands as one of its pioneers.” —Ben H. Severance, author of \u003ci\u003ePortraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Alabama in the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTennessee’s Radical Army: The State Guard and Its Role in Reconstruction, 1867–1869\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe epic final year of the Civil War in Alabama and its effects on Alabama politics today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To understand Alabama today, it's necessary to understand what happened in 1865. In \u003ci\u003e1865 Alabama: From Civil War to Uncivil Peace \u003c\/i\u003eChristopher McIlwain examines the end of the Civil War and the early days of Reconstruction, tracing how the action—and inaction—of leaders in the state during those twelve months shaped the decades that followed as well as state politics today. McIlwain focuses on four factors: the immediate and unconditional emancipation of enslaved people, the destruction of Alabama’s industrial economy, significant broadening of northern support for suffrage rights for freedmen, and a long scarcity of investment capital. Each element proves important to understanding aspects of Alabama today.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Relevant events outside Alabama are woven into the narrative, including McIlwain’s controversial argument regarding the effect of Lincoln’s assassination. Most historians assume that Lincoln favored black suffrage and that he would have led the fight to impose that on the South. But he made it clear to his cabinet members that granting suffrage rights was a matter to be decided by the southern states, not the federal government. Thus, according to McIlwain, if Lincoln had lived, black suffrage would not have been the issue it became in Alabama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In his fresh analysis of what really happened in Alabama in 1865 and why—McIlwain illuminates that Alabama's challenges were neither entirely the fault of northern or southern policies but rather the complex interaction between the two.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574447337752,"sku":"9780817361938","price":27.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/1865-alabama-from-civil-war-to-uncivil-peace-paperback-softback-9780817361938","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}