| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 89.4

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| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 89.4 | The History Cooperative

Book Review

Look Away! A History of the Confederate States of America. By William C. Davis. (New York: Free Press, 2002. xii, 484 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-684-86585-8.)

Look Away! is a general history of the Confederacy. It emphasizes political and social controversies and asks 'what sort of democracy the Confederacy was or ought to be.' 1

William C. Davis's account draws on years of research and is both comprehensive and readable. He illuminates large issues through primary sources and effective use of small details. There is one error or seriously misleading statement--the assertion that 'many of the yeomen could not vote.' 2

Davis puts slavery at the heart of Confederate-purpose. Slavery was 'the only significant and defining difference' between North and South from 1800 forward. 'Preservation of slavery was the driving force behind most of the variations from the Constitution of the United States,' and Confederate leaders would even 'deny state sovereignty' to protect it. . . .

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