Civil War America: Making a Nation, 1848-1877The American Civil War was without doubt the defining event in the history of the United States. This up-to-date analyisis of a critical period goes beyond the origins, course and consequences of the Civil War to bring in other important themes such as racial conflict, gender relations, religion, the popular memory and state formation. |
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Contents
The Politics of Slavery | |
Secession and Civil | |
The Quest for Southern Independence | |
TheUnion in Wartime Multiple agendas | |
The Struggle over Reconstruction 1865 | |
The Far West in the MidNineteenth Century | |
The economy and society of postwar America | |
Faltering steps to reconciliation | |
TheUnited Civil War States in the Era | |
Index | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Civil War America: Making a Nation, 1848-1877 Longman History of America |
| Author | Robert Cook |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2014 |
| ISBN | 1317878086, 9781317878087 |
| Length | 402 pages |
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