Urban South and the Coming of the Civil War

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"The role the rural South and its plantation system played in the secession of the Confederate states is well established, but historian Frank Towers contends that we should look just as closely at the South's urban centers. An exemplary feat of research, The Urban South and the Coming of the Civil War sheds light on the dynamics of secession by concentrating on pivotal sociopolitical shifts in the South's three largest cities - Baltimore, New Orleans, and St. Louis."--Jacket.

subjects: Causes,  City and town life,  History,  Political activity,  Political aspects,  Politics and government,  Race relations,  Secession,  Social conditions,  United States Civil War, 1861-1865,  Working class,  History, united states,  Working class, united states,  Southern states, politics and government,  Southern states, social conditions,  United states, race relations,  Baltimore (md.), politics and government,  Saint louis (mo.), politics and government,  New orleans (la.), politics and government

Places: Baltimore (Md.),  New Orleans (La.),  Saint Louis (Mo.),  Southern States,  United States

Times: 1775-1865,  19th century,  Civil War, 1861-1865