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Civil War America : a social and cultural history / edited by Maggi M. Morehouse and Zoe Trodd.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 326 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2013
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- As war raged on the battlefields of the Civil War, men and women all over the nation continued their daily routines. They celebrated holidays, ran households, wrote letters, read newspapers, joined unions, attended plays, and graduated from high school and college. Civil War America reveals how Americans, both Northern and Southern, lived during the Civil War--the ways they worked, expressed themselves artistically, organized their family lives, treated illness, and worshipped. Written by specialists, the chapters in this book cover the war's impact on the economy, the role of the federal government, labor, welfare and reform efforts, the Indian nations, universities, healthcare and medicine, news coverage, photography, and a host of other topics that flesh out the lives of ordinary Americans who just happened to be living through the biggest conflict in American history. Along with the original material presented in the book chapters, the website accompanying the book is a treasure trove of primary sources, both textual and visual, keyed for each chapter topic. Civil War America and its companion website uncover seismic shifts in the cultural and social landscape of the United States, providing the perfect addition to any course on the Civil War.
- Contents:
- pt. I. Dissent and disobedience
- pt. II. Labor and land
- pt. III. Religion and reform
- pt. IV. Health and education
- pt. V. Ethnic American lives
- pt. VI. Literature and visual culture
- pt. VII. Leisure and performance
- pt. VIII. Death and aftermath.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-203-09516-2
- 1-299-13697-4
- 1-136-21183-7
- 9780203095164
- OCLC:
- 827944742
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