Civil War America: A Social and Cultural History with Primary Sources
"Civil War America offers readers a remarkably insightful and comprehensive collection of essays on the social and cultural history of the home front and the battlefield. Students and professors alike will find the essays accessible and substantive, perfect for sparking classroom discussions of this vital era. Covering a range of diverse topics such as wartime music and theater, education, sports, draft resistance, and African American troops,Civil War Americaopens myriad avenues for dialogue and understanding."Jonathan D. Wells, author ofA House Divided: The Civil War and Nineteenth Century America(Routledge)"A new collection of twenty-nine short essays edited by Maggi Morehouse and Zoe Trodd falls into new thinking about the war...Especially useful are chapters covering cultural metamorphoses. These help students think beyond military and political institutions and consider the roles played by newspapers, literature, photography, the fine arts, music, and sports in shaping perceptions of the war and the broader, slippery entity called “American” culture."Robert E. Weir, Smith College/University of Massachusetts Amherst