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Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South

Stephanie McCurry

The story of the Confederate States of America has been told many times in heroic narratives. In "Confederate Reckoning," historian McCurry tells a very different tale of the Confederate experience.

HistoryAmerican History · medium confidenceAmerican History81 signalsLlm Classifier: American History -> American HistoryGoogle Books: History -> HistoryKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryAmerican Civil WarWar & Military StrategyVietnam War

Award History

1 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Frederick Douglass Book Prize: Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition2011WinnerSecondary source
Pulitzer Prize in HistoryMajor2011FinalistSecondary source
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