The Civil War : a concise history / Louis P. Masur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Masur, Louis P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History.

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (135 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [U.K.] ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One hundred and fifty years after the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter, the Civil War still captures the American imagination, and its reverberations can still be felt throughout America's social and political landscape. Louis P. Masur's The Civil War: A Concise History offers a masterful and eminently readable overview of the war's multiple causes and catastrophic effects. Masur begins by examining the complex origins of the war, focusing on the pulsating tensions over states rights and slavery. The book then proceeds to cover, year by year, the major political, social, and military even

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 The Origins of the Civil War; CHAPTER 2 1861; CHAPTER 3 1862; CHAPTER 4 1863; CHAPTER 5 1864; CHAPTER 6 1865 and After the War; Epilogue; Notes; Further Reading; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [107]-109) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-979293-3

1-283-00990-0

9786613009906

0-19-979239-9

OCLC:

704275041