A companion to the Civil War and Reconstruction
By: edited by Lacy K. Ford.
Contributors: Ford, Lacy K.
Series: Blackwell companions to American history ;; 12
Publisher: Blackwell Pub
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 518
Subjects: 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.
Description: "A Companion to the Civil War and Reconstruction is collection of 23 essays addressing the key topics and themes of the most divisive era in United States history. These original essays by top scholars in the field are organized chronologically into three parts: "Sectional Conflict and the Coming of the Civil War," "The Civil War and American Society," and "Reconstruction and the New Nation." Each essays is an interpretive summary of the key literature in the field, and places the topic in historical context. Contributors include bibliographies and suggest future directions of the historiography. This volume provides students, scholars, and informed general readers of Civil War and Reconstruction history with a valuable guide to their research and teaching."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Slavery and the Union, 1789-1833 / Douglas Egerton; title: The market revolution / John Larson; title: Slavery and the old South / Larry Hudson; title: Planters, plain folk, and poor Whites in the old South / Charles Bolton; title: Humanitarian reform and antislavery / James B. Stewart; title: Women in the antebellum North / Teresa Murphy; title: Women in the old South / Michelle Gillespie; title: The road to secession / Michael Morrison; title: The Republican triumph / John Ashworth; title: And the war came / Daniel Crofts; title: Saving the Union / Kevin Gannon; title: War military campaigns : the Union / Carol Reardon; title: War military campaigns : the Confederacy / Steven Woodworth; title: The Confederate homefront / Mary DeCredico; title: Emancipation / Joseph P. Reidy; title: Defining Reconstruction / O. Vernon Burton, David Herr, and Matthew Chaney; title: The politics of Reconstruction / Michael Perman; title: The economics of Reconstruction / Peter A. Coclanis and Scott Marler; title: Southern labor and Reconstruction / Tracy MacKenzie; title: Northern women during the age of emancipation / Nina Silber; title: Southern women during the age of emancipation / Jeannie Whayne; title: The legacy of Confederate defeat / Gaines M. Foster; title: Reconstruction and the nation / Heather Richardson.