Jefferson Davis, Napoleonic France, and the nature of Confederate ideology, 1815-1870 /

"In his highly innovative study of Confederate political theory, Jeffrey Zvengrowski explains the American Civil War in a new way by arguing that Jefferson Davis and the faction of Confederate leaders who supported him saw Bonapartist France as a model for the Confederate States of America. As...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Zvengrowski, Jeffrey, 1985- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2019]
Series:	Conflicting worlds.
Subjects:	Davis, Jefferson, > 1808-1889 > Political and social views. Napoleon > III, > Emperor of the French, > 1808-1873 > Influence. Davis, Jefferson, > 1808-1889. Napoleon > III, > Emperor of the French, > 1808-1873. American Civil War (1861-1865) Bonapartism > Southern States. White supremacy movements > United States > History > 19th century. Slavery > United States > History > 19th century. Southern States > Politics and government > 1775-1865. Confederate States of America > Politics and government. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865. Bonapartism. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Political and social views. Politics and government. Slavery. White supremacy movements. Southern States. United States. United States > Confederate States of America. 1775-1899 History.

Table of Contents:

The origins of the pro-Bonaparte democratic tradition
John C. Calhoun, Jefferson Davis's pro-Bonaparte democratic mentor
Jefferson Davis as the "Calhoun of Mississippi," 1844-52
Jefferson Davis and the "true democrats" in power, 1852-60
Jefferson Davis and the rise of Napoleon III's France
Pro-Bonaparte democrats of the 1850s South and Jefferson Davis's Confederacy
White supremacy and equality among whites in the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis's Confederacy and democrats in the Union
Jefferson Davis and Confederate overtures to Napoleon III's France
Jefferson Davis's anti-British and pro-Bonaparte Confederacy
The disillusionment of the pro-Davis Confederates, 1864-65
The demise of the pro-Bonaparte democratic ideological tradition, 1865-70.