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Online-Ressource (339 p)
ISBN:
9780415896009
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As war raged on the battlefields of the Civil War, men and women all over the nation continued their daily routines. They celebrated holidays, ran households, wrote letters, read newspapers, joined unions, attended plays, and graduated from high school and college. Civil War America reveals how Americans, both Northern and Southern, lived during the Civil War-the ways they worked, expressed themselves artistically, organized their family lives, treated illness, and worshipped. Written by specialists, the chapters in this book cover the war's impact on the economy, the role of the federal gover
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Front Cover; Civil War America; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword: John Stauffer; Introduction: Maggi M. Morehouse and Zoe Trodd; Part I: Dissent and Disobedience; 1. Draft Resistance and Rioting: Shannon Smith Bennett; 2. Southern Dissent: David Williams; 3. Women Soldiers: Rachel Redfern; Part II: Labor and Land; 4. The Domestic Sphere: Phyllis Thompson; 5. Labor Organizations: Mark A. Lause; 6. Commerce and Industry: Daniel Rasmussen; 7. The Environment: Megan Kate Nelson; Part III: Religion and Reform; 8. Religion in the South: Thomas Lawrence Long
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9. Religion in the North: James R. Rohrer10. Reform and Welfare Societies: Lauren Brandt; Part IV: Health and Education; 11. Higher Education: A.J. Angulo and Kimberly Cook; 12. Military Schools: Bradford A. Wineman; 13. Military Medicines: Guy R. Hasegawa; 14. Civilian Healthcare: James M. Schmidt; Part V: Ethnic American Lives; 15. Slave Emancipation: Sharon A. Roger Hepburn; 16. Black Troops: Maggi M. Morehouse; 17. Immigrants: Jennifer A. Stollman; 18. Native Americans: W. Craig Gaines; Part VI: Literature and Visual Culture; 19. Newspapers: Brayton Harris
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20. Literature: Vanessa Steinroetter21. Photography: Mandy A. Reid; 22. Painting and Illustration: Jennifer Raab; Part VII: Leisure and Performance; 23. Music: Jack Hamilton; 24. Theater: Laura M. Ansley and Renée M. Sentilles; 25. Baseball: Ryan Swanson; 26. Sacred and Secular Holidays: Suanna H. Davis; Part VIII: Death and Aftermath; 27. Death and Dying: Nicole Keller Day; 28. Veterans: John Casey; 29. Competing Memories: James M. Gillispie; About the Editors; Contributors; Index;
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ISBN 9781136211836
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ISBN 9780415895965
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Civil War America : A Social and Cultural History with Primary Sources
Sprache:
Englisch
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Electronic books
