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Film, Video Heather Cox Richardson: National Book Festival 2020

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Title

  • Heather Cox Richardson: National Book Festival 2020

Summary

  • While the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a "new birth of freedom," Heather Cox Richardson's new provocative work, "How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America" (Oxford University), argues that democracy's blood-soaked victory was ephemeral. The system of racial dominance that had sustained the South soon moved west and established a foothold. Settlers proceeded to seize Mexican land and oppress Native Americans, cementing racial hierarchies.

Event Date

  • September 26, 2020

Running Time

  • 20 minutes 36 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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