![]() | Rich Man''s War: Class, Caste, and Confederate Defeat in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley Subjects: Chatthoochee River Valley -- History -- 19th century; Georgia -- History -- Civil War 1861–1865 -- Social aspects; United States -- History -- Civil War 1861–1865 -- Social aspects; In Rich Man's War historian David Williams focuses on the Civil War experience of people in the Chattahoochee River Valley of Georgia and Alabama to illustrate how the exploitation of enslaved blacks and poor whites by a planter oligarchy generated overwhelming class conflict across the South, eventually leading to Confederate defeat. DAVID WILLIAMS is a professor of history at Valdosta State University in Georgia. |
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