
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.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Year
- 2010
- ISBN-13
- 9780674045897
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Confederate States of AmericaCivil War politicsSouthern society
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for HistoryShortlistedMajor(2011)
If you liked Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South, you could also like these

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
James M. McPherson
1 win · 16 score

A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration
Steven Hahn
2 wins · 20 score

Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion
Elliott West
1 win · 12 score

Illusions of Emancipation: The Pursuit of Freedom and Equality in the Twilight of Slavery
Joseph P. Reidy
1 win · 8 score

American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era
David Blight
1 win · 5 score

South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon To Understand the Soul of a Nation
Imani Perry
1 win · 15 score

Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory
David W. Blight
1 win · 8 score

Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877
Eric Foner
2 wins · 28 score

Calhoun: American Heretic
Robert Elder
0 wins · 2 score

The Struggle for Equality: Abolitionists and the Negro in the Civil War and Reconstruction
James M. McPherson
1 win · 5 score

America in 1857: A Nation on the Brink
Kenneth M. Stampp
0 wins · 4 score

In the Presence of Mine Enemies: War in the Heart of America, 1859–1863
Edward L. Ayers
1 win · 8 score

1861: The Civil War Awakening
Adam Goodheart
0 wins · 3 score

The Road to Reunion, 1865–1900
Paul Herman Buck
1 win · 12 score

Reveille in Washington, 1860–1865
Margaret Leech
1 win · 12 score