George C. Rable
Auteur de Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!
A propos de l'auteur
George C. Rable is Professor and Charles G. Summersell Chair in Southern History at the University of Alabama
Œuvres de George C. Rable
But There Was No Peace: The Role of Violence in the Politics of Reconstruction (1984) 32 exemplaires
Damn Yankees!: Demonization and Defiance in the Confederate South (Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History) (2015) 12 exemplaires
Conflict of Command: George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln, and the Politics of War (2023) 9 exemplaires
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- Nom légal
- Rable, George Calvin
- Date de naissance
- 1950
- Sexe
- male
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- Œuvres
- 9
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 406
- Popularité
- #59,889
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 25
The paucity of references to Disciples of Christ (four times in 400 pages of text) and DOC clergy or laypersons (only James A. Garfield was mentioned), and DOC sources (only four items in the bibliography, which is over 90 pages in length), makes me wonder if the oversight by the author was intentional or just due to incomplete research.
In spite of the lack of information relating to the Stone-Campbell religious heritage, I did manage to learn some things that help me understand how the American Civil War must have certainly influenced my religious heritage. For example, the Confederates associated the Federals with abolitionists who were widely considered to be communists or atheists. Also, the Confederates widely believed that the South was being invaded by godless abolitionists of the North.
I agree with some other reviewers that that the author repeated himself too much. I am made to think that he needed to go through another round of revision to tighten up his writing.
The book is heavily documented, with 75 pages of notes. The bibliography is excellent (save for comment above). Eleven photos are included. There is a brief, but incomplete index. Persons interested in learning about the American Civil War should appreciate and benefit from the book, with exceptions noted.… (plus d'informations)