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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151658603321

Autore

Ayers Edward L

Titolo

America's War : Talking about the Civil War and Emancipation on Their 150th Anniversaries

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : ALA Editions, 2011

ISBN

9780838993125

0838993125

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (443 p.)

Disciplina

973.7

Soggetti

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865

Enslaved persons - Emancipation - United States

Regions & Countries - Americas

History & Archaeology

United States - General

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Part 1  Imagining War; 1. Louisa May Alcott, 1862; Part 2  Choosing Sides; 2. Frederick Douglass, July 5, 1852; 3. Henry David Thoreau, 1859; 4. Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1861; 5. Alexander H. Stephens, March 21, 1861; 6. Robert Montague, April 1-2, 1861; 7. Chapman Stuart, April 5, 1861; 8. Elizabeth Brown Pryor, 2007; 9. Mark Twain, 1885; 10. Sarah Morgan, May 9 and May 17, 1862; Part 3  Making Sense of Shiloh; 11. Ambrose Bierce, 1881; 12. Ulysses Grant, 1885; 13. Shelby Foote, 1952; 14. Bobbie Ann Mason, 1982

15. General Braxton Bragg, May 3, 1862Part 4  The Shape of War; 16. Drew Gilpin Faust, 2008; 17. Gary W. Gallagher, 1999; Part 5  War and Freedom; 18. Abraham Lincoln, August 14, 1862; 19. John M. Washington, 1873; 20. Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1863; 21. Frederick Douglass, March 1863; 22. Abraham Lincoln, August 26, 1863 and April 4, 1864; 23. Abraham Lincoln, November 19, 1863; 24. James S. Brisbin, October 20, 1864 and Thomas J. Morgan, November 23, 1864; 25. Colored Citizens of Nashville, Tennessee, January 9, 1865; 26.



Margaret Walker, 1966; 27. Leon F. Litwack, 1979

28. Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1865Part 6  Images of War; Firsthand Drawings and Printed Engravings; James E. Taylor, April 10, 1865; From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, July 6, 1861; Henri Lovie, September 5, 1862; Henri Lovie, April 6, 1862; Alfred R. Waud, September 17, 1862; From Harper's Weekly, January 3, 1864; Sources

Sommario/riassunto

These readings provide a glimpse of the vast sweep and profound breadth of Americans' war among and against themselves, adding crucial voices to our understanding of the war and its meaning.