More Than a Contest Between Armies
Subtitle: Essays on the Civil War Era (Klement Lecture)
Contributors: James Marten (Editor); A. Kristen Foster (Editor)
Publisher: Kent State University Press; The Kent State University Press
Published: November 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780873389129
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; Essays, journals, letters & other prose works; History; History - Military / War; History: American; USA; Essays; United States - Civil War; 1849-1877; Civil War, 1861-1865; United States
Description: Examines an unexplored aspect of the Civil War and reinterprets an important theme of the conflict. The essays include such topics as the war's effect on race and gender, and historians' interests in studying the experiences of representative individuals as well as communities.