"Politicians and opinion leaders on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line struggled to formulate coherent responses to the secession of the deep South states. The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in mid-April 1861 triggered civil war and the loss of four upper South states from the Union. The essays by three senior historians in "Secession Winter" explore the robust debates that preceded these events.For five months in the winter of 1860-1 ..."
Flawed Victory A New Perspective on the Civil War by WilliamL. Barney Paperback, 225 Pages, Published 1981 by Univ Pr Of Amer ISBN-13: 978-0-8191-1274-3, ISBN: 0-8191-1274-7
Rebels in the Making the Secession Crisis and the Birth of the Confederacy [Hardcover] BarneyWilliamL. by WilliamL. Barney Hardcover, 393 Pages, Published 2020 by Oxford Univ Pr Aug 2020 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-007608-5, ISBN: 0-19-007608-9
"Joseph E. Brown, to the Legislature of Georgia... on November 7th, 1860 (
Milledgeville, Ga. ... For the pronounced support of town leaders for secession,
see Johnson, Toward a Patriarchal Republic, 96–101; on the shift of small
farmers into ..."
"For all the advances of the civil rights movement, and for all the cultural diversity attending economic prosperity, many white southerners have been unable to relinquish the Confederate past and the idea of a heroic, liberty-loving South crushed by power-hungry Yankees. The Making of a Confederate uses the life of one man―Walter Lenoir of North Carolina―to explore the origins of southern white identity and the myriad ambiguities and co ..."
The Making of a Confederate(1st Edition) Walter Lenoir's Civil War (New Narratives in American History) by WilliamL. Barney Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2008 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-531434-2, ISBN: 0-19-531434-4
"notes in regard to building a world history on the traditional topics of European
history, the "net result is an ... 2. For two recent discussions of these issues, see
John Searle, "The Storm over the University," New York Review of Books, ... Their
History and Their Culture (New York, 1986), vol. ... Robert R. Palmer and Joel
Colton, A History of the Modern World, 6th ed. ... See their preface: "Since its first
edition, the book h ..."
The Civil War and Reconstruction(1st Edition) A Student Companion (Student Companions to American History) by WilliamL. Barney Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2001 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-511559-8, ISBN: 0-19-511559-7
Secessionist Impulse(First Edition) Alabama and Mississippi in 1860 (Library Alabama Classics) by WilliamL. Barney Paperback, 386 Pages, Published 2004 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-5089-5, ISBN: 0-8173-5089-6
"This is an outline of the economic crisis in the South based on the declining yields, increasing class stratification and higher slave prices. It supplies data on the property holdings and occupations of the elected representatives and finds the secessionists to be young, probably lawyers who were both ambitious and confident. Because the economic dislocation of the 1850s made people receptive to a rhetoric that emphasized conspiratoria ..."
Passage of the Republic An Interdisciplinary History of Nineteenth Century America by WilliamL. Barney Paperback, 429 Pages, Published 1987 by D C Heath & Co ISBN-13: 978-0-669-04758-5, ISBN: 0-669-04758-9
The Road to Secession A New Perspective on the Old South. by BarneyL. Barney, William. Barney Textbook Binding, Published 1975 by International Thomson Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-275-57780-3, ISBN: 0-275-57780-5
The American Journey(6th Edition) A History of the United States by Anderson Goldfield Abbott Hardcover, 947 Pages, Published 2011 by Pearson ISBN-13: 978-0-13-249867-8, ISBN: 0-13-249867-7
"A gold mine for the historian as well as the Civil War buff, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Civil War offers a concise, comprehensive overview of the major personalities and pivotal events of the war that redefined the American nation. Drawing upon recent research that has moved beyond battles and military campaigns to address the significant roles played by civilians, women, and African Americans, the 250 entries explore the era ..."
Flawed victory; A new perspective on the Civil War (New perspectives in American history) by WilliamL. Barney Paperback, 215 Pages, Published 1975 by Praeger ISBN-13: 978-0-275-85040-1, ISBN: 0-275-85040-4