Cultures in conflict--the American Civil War
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Cultures in conflict--the American Civil War
Yazar:
Woodworth, Steven E.
ISBN:
9780313306518
9780313097201
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Yayın Bilgileri:
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.
Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (xx, 220 p.) : ill.
Seri:
The Greenwood Press cultures in conflict series,
Greenwood Press cultures in conflict series.
İçerik:
Preface -- Civil war timeline -- Key events, 1860-1865 -- Fiery trial -- Civil war in historical perspective: Brief historical overview of the civil war -- American ways of life, north and south -- Documents: North and south prepare for conflict -- Early exuberance gives way to steady determination -- Warring sections persevere through weary months of struggle -- War's concluding phases bring triumph and sorrow -- Reflecting: Ideas for exploration -- Suggestions for further reading -- Index.
Özet:
The American Civil War was primarily a conflict of cultures, and slavery was the largest single cultural factor separating North and South. This collection of carefully selected memoirs, diaries, letters, and reminiscences of ordinary Northerners and Southerners who experienced the war as soldiers or civilians brings to life the conflict in culture, principles, attitudes, hopes, courage, and suffering of both sides. Woodworth, a Civil War historian, has selected a wide variety of moving first person accounts, each of which tells a story of a life as well as the attitudes of ordinary people and.
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