The Civil War [[electronic resource] ] : a concise history / / Louis P. Masur
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| Autore: |
Masur Louis P
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| Titolo: |
The Civil War [[electronic resource] ] : a concise history / / Louis P. Masur
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford [U.K.] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (135 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.7 |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History |
| United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [107]-109) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Civil War |
| ISBN: | 0-19-979293-3 |
| 1-283-00990-0 | |
| 9786613009906 | |
| 0-19-979239-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910809066703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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