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IS THE NAME OF THE BOOK. POWERED POLITICS AND THE CIVIL WAR SOUTH. THE AUTHOR IS HISTORY PROFESSOR, STEPHANIE MCCURRY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA....
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CIVIL WAR PAINTING OF A BATTLESHIP GOING DOWN, THE CONFEDERATE FLAG GOING DOWN IN FLAMES. IT'S AN ALLEGORICAL PAINTING. IT TELLS YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT...
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Host: START BY GIVING US THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE SOUTH IN 1860. >> Guest: THAT'S
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A CRUCIAL QUESTION BECAUSE THEY WENT TO WORK ON THE TRADE TO MAKE DONATION. THEY WERE SMALLER THAN THE UNION TO START WITH, ROUGHLY 10 MILLION PEOPLE...
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Host: HOW MANY WHITE MALES AT THAT POINT IN THE CONFEDERATE SOUTH? OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS THE BASE. >> Guest: I TRY
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TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY MEMBER VOTING AGE. THE LINK BETWEEN VOTING A SOLDIER AND WAS TYPED IN AN 18th CENTURY. I FIGURE THERE'S ONE POINT AT YOU VOTING...
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GOING INTO THE CIVIL WAR, BESIDES CAUGHT. WE HEAR ABOUT COTTON. WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT FOR YEARS HAS ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES. WERE THE ADVANTAGES FOR...
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THEIR OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR SECESSION ALONG THE SOUTH? >>
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Guest: >> NOPE, IT'S AN
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INTERESTING POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. I MEAN I'VE WRITTEN ABOUT IT THREE OR FOUR TIMES IN MY LIFE AND I NEVER CEASE TO BE AMAZED. IT'S AS INTERESTING AS...
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EVER WIN AN ELECTION? >> HE WAS A SENATOR HE
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WAS NOMINATED IN A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AS A MODERATE IN MONTGOMERY ALABAMA IN FEBRUARY OF 1861 AND I DON'T THINK HE DID STAND FOR ELECTIONS....
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LOT OF POLITICAL INSIGHT DURING THE WAR IN THE SOUTH? >> THERE WERE NO
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POLITICAL PARTIES. NONE OF THE THINGS THAT INTEREST IN THE PARTY IS IT QUICKLY WAS ON THE ROPES AND NEVER REALLY MATERIALIZED. THERE WAS POLITICAL OPPOSITION...
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MCCURRY WHAT ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE SOUTHERN WHITE WOMEN DURING THE FOUNDING OF THE CONFEDERACY AND THE WAR ITSELF? >> THIS IS ONE OF THE
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THINGS I HAVE WORKED ON MY ENTIRE CAREER IS THIS HEAVYWEIGHT HISTORY. ARE WE REALLY GOING ON IN THE 21ST CENTURY TO WRITE HISTORY LIKE WOMEN DON'T...
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OF DESERTION? >> I DON'T REMEMBER THE
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NUMBERS, BUT IT IS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THE UNION THAT THE UNION ALSO HAS A DESERTION PROBLEM. THE CONFEDERACY STRUGGLED MIGHTILY WITH DESERTION AND...
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WHEN THE FREDERICK BOOK PRIZE AND THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS CRAVEN OF WORD AND WAS A FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER AND WE ARE THE UNIVERSITY...
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