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How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
By Richardson, Heather Cox
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- 9780190900908
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ.
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Starred Review on April 1, 2020 | Social Sciences
The United States was founded on a paradox in which equality depended on the inequality of race, class, and gender. Conversely, wealthy white men, in order to reassert oligarchic rule, have used the language of freedom to convince themselves that if people of different races or classes enjoyed the same rights, or if women developed more political authority, it would undermine the very fre...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
