The Civil War era and Reconstruction : an encyclopedia of social, political, cultural, and economic history / / Mary Ellen Snodgrass

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787951303321
• Autore: Snodgrass Mary Ellen
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015
• ISBN: 1-317-45790-0; 1-317-45791-9; 1-315-70012-3; 1-78402-821-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (857 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.703
• Soggetti: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Encyclopedias
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published 2011 by M.E. Sharpe.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: v. 1. A-L -- v. 2. M-Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: The encyclopedia takes a broad, multidisciplinary approach to the history of the period. It includes general and specific entries on politics and business, labor, industry, agriculture, education and youth, law and legislative affairs, literature, music, the performing and visual arts, health and medicine, science and technology, exploration, life on the Western frontier, family life, slave life, Native American life, women, and more than a hundred influential individuals.