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Summary: A Pragmatic Approach to a Complex Issue
Review: I had the privelege of reading Brown's work in the eleventh grade. It was recomended to me by a former History proffesor at West Point who was my American Studies instructor. While, as pointed out by some other reviews, the book is slow to read (such as other great authors such as Page Smith, and select works by Stephen Ambrose, it offers a vital and credible perspective into the society that we lost, in my opinion, when reconstruction began. I enjoyed the read (it took me two weeks) and found it enlightening and, while comprehensive and labyrinthian in references it is a populist perspectiveon the very elitist social environment in the pre-bellum South. Overall, I would reccomend this book to any intellectual, especially those young WASPs in the South who find their cultural influences constantly being bruised by hasty generalizations, who has an interest in the gentry class of the Old South. I would reccomend a parralel read with William Faulkner or other promenint Southern writers, such as Twain, as well.
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Summary: More scholarly than entertaining
Review: Interesting material but the treatment was much more academic and far less anecdotal than I would have liked. As others have noted, it is a slow read. The prose is very effective, but very dense and requires some effort. Perhaps it seemed more so as I had just finished several Stephen Ambrose books consecutively, and their flow is so effortless. Anyway, if I were writing a term paper this would be a natural. As someone who reads for entertainment as well as education, I found this book a little more work!!!
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Summary: More scholarly than entertaining
Review: Interesting material but the treatment was much more academic and far less anecdotal than I would have liked. As others have noted, it is a slow read. The prose is very effective, but very dense and requires some effort. Perhaps it seemed more so as I had just finished several Stephen Ambrose books consecutively, and their flow is so effortless. Anyway, if I were writing a term paper this would be a natural. As someone who reads for entertainment as well as education, I found this book a little more work!!!
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Summary: tokieyasu is doesn't know what she's talking about!
Review: Slavery was a major cause of the civil war, and yet most Southerners did not own slaves. This is a very telling fact and an interesting question. Southern Honor is an interesting look at the concept of Honor in the south and how it tied into the culture of the whole region and all classes. When Northerners attack the south for slavery, because of the concept of honor, it became not just an attack on the slave owners, or the rich southerners it was an attack on the whole region and culture. This is an important fact when looking at the causes of the civil war. I enjoyed reading this book, I learned a lot from it, and it helped to explain why many Southerners did what they did. This is an important book to read when studying the civil war or the history of the South.
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Summary: tokieyasu is doesn't know what she's talking about!
Review: The first reviewer of this book is an obvious moron when it comes to the history of the War Between the States. The north did not attack the south because of slavery. Lincoln did not even mention slavery till the Gettysburg Address in 1863! It was fought over money, power and control....to save New Englands economic !*#! If you want to read a book about the causes of the war read "When In The Course Of Human Events" by Charles Adams.
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