The Fall of the House of Dixie : The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South (Paperback)

from Schmerguls

I have read a lot on the Civil War but do not consider myself a Civil War buff. I do not think it was really necessary to read this book, but it struck me as probably an interesting book to read, and I was not wrong. It tells the story of the war from the standpoint of its effect on slavery. It s...

from mrlzbth

Really enjoyable read about how Southern culture and social structures affected the Civil War. Lots of anecdotes mixed in with the statistics to keep things interesting!

from datrappert

A much different perspective on the Civil War, focusing on slavery and Southern Whites' relationship to it. Levine makes clear, as do some other recent books, that slavery was the reason for the civil war and that the post-war Southern revisionist view of the war as a fight for states rights was ...

from scatlett

Wonderful addition to the study of the social history of the Civil War.

from datrappert

A much different perspective on the Civil War, focusing on slavery and Southern Whites' relationship to it. Levine makes clear, as do some other recent books, that slavery was the reason for the civil war and that the post-war Southern revisionist view of the war as a fight for states rights was ...