A companion to the Civil War and Reconstruction [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lacy K. Ford

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830732503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub, 2005
• ISBN: 1-281-31253-3; 1-78034-214-4; 9786611312534; 0-470-70159-5; 1-4051-6566-9; 0-470-99871-7; 0-470-99870-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (530 p.)
• Collana: Blackwell companions to American history ; ; 12
• Altri autori (Persone): FordLacy K
• Disciplina: 973.7
• Soggetti: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - Historiography; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Historiography; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects; United States Social conditions 1865-1918
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Slavery and the Union, 1789-1833 / Douglas Egerton -- The market revolution / John Larson -- Slavery and the old South / Larry Hudson -- Planters, plain folk, and poor Whites in the old South / Charles Bolton -- Humanitarian reform and antislavery / James B. Stewart -- Women in the antebellum North / Teresa Murphy -- Women in the old South / Michelle Gillespie -- The road to secession / Michael Morrison -- The Republican triumph / John Ashworth -- And the war came / Daniel Crofts -- Saving the Union / Kevin Gannon -- War military campaigns : the Union / Carol Reardon -- War military campaigns : the Confederacy / Steven Woodworth -- The Confederate homefront / Mary DeCredico -- Emancipation / Joseph P. Reidy -- Defining Reconstruction / O. ; Vernon Burton, David Herr, and Matthew Chaney -- The politics of Reconstruction / Michael Perman -- The economics of Reconstruction / Peter A. Coclanis and Scott Marler -- Southern labor and Reconstruction / Tracy MacKenzie -- Northern women during the age of emancipation / Nina Silber -- Southern women during the age of emancipation / Jeannie Whayne -- The legacy of Confederate defeat / Gaines M. Foster -- Reconstruction and the nation / Heather Richardson.
• Sommario/riassunto: A Companion to the Civil War and Reconstruction addresses the key topics and themes of the Civil War era, with 23 original essays by top scholars in the field.An authoritative volume that surveys the history and historiography of the U.S. Civil War and ReconstructionAnalyzes the major sources and the most influential books and articles in the fieldIncludes discussions on scholarly advances in U.S. Civil War history.