Publisher | University Press of Kentucky |
ISBN 13 | 9780813197463 |
ISBN 10 | 813197465 |
Book Description | "As a Unionist but also proslavery state during the American Civil War, Kentucky occupied a contentious space both politically and geographically. In many ways, its pragmatic attitude toward compromise left it in a cultural no-man's-land. The constan |
About the Author | John David Smith is the Charles H. Stone Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has written or edited thirty-one books, including An Old Creed for the New South: Proslavery Ideology and Historiography, 1865-1918; Black Judas: William Hannibal Thomas and The American Negro; Lincoln and the U.S. Colored Troops; Soldiering For Freedom: How the Union Army Recruited, Trained, and Deployed the U.S. Colored Troops in the Civil War;and We Ask Only for Even-Handed Justice: Black Voices from Reconstruction. |
Language | English |
Author | Charles H Stone Distinguished Professor of American History John David Smith |
Publication Date | 2023-07-01 |
Number of Pages | 360 pages |
New Perspectives on Civil War-Era Kentucky