Writing the Civil War (eBook)

The Quest to Understand

James M. McPherson, William J. Cooper (Herausgeber)

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2021
368 Seiten
University of South Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-64336-221-2 (ISBN)

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Studies diverse topics on the writing of Civil War historyNo event has transformed the United States more fundamentally-or been studied more exhaustively-than the Civil War. In Writing the Civil War, fourteen distinguished historians present a wide-ranging examination of the vast effort to chronicle the conflict-an undertaking that began with the remembrances of Civil War veterans and has become an increasingly prolific field of scholarship. Covering topics from battlefield operations to the impact of race and gender, this volume is an informative guide through the labyrinth of Civil War literature. The contributors provide authoritative and interpretive evaluations of the study and explication of the struggle that has been called the American Iliad.The first four essays consider military history: Joseph Thomas Glatthaar writes on battlefield tactics, Gary W. Gallagher on Union strategy, Emory M. Thomas on Confederate strategy, and Reid Mitchell on soldiers. In essays that focus on political concerns, Mark E. Neely, Jr. links the military and political with his examination of presidential leadership, while Michael F. Holt surveys the study of Union politics, and George C. Rable examines the work on Confederate politics. Michael Les Benedict bridges political and societal concerns in his discussion of constitutional questions; Phillip Shaw Paludan and james L. roark confront the broad themes of economics and society in the North and South; and Drew Gilpin Faust and Peter Kolchin evaluate the importance of gender, slavery, and race relations.Writing the Civil War demonstrates the richness and diversity of Civil War scholarship and identifies topics yet to be explored. Noting a surprising dearth of scholarship in several area, the essays point to new directions in the quest to understand the complexities of the most momentous event in American history.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.5.2021
• Verlagsort: Columbia
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: abolitionism • American Civil War • American Civil War alternate histories • Army of Tennessee • Border states American Civil War • Civil War • Confederate Patent Office • Confederate States Army • confederate states of America • Flags of the Confederate States of America • law of war • military history • Origins of the American Civil War • Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government • Slavery • Social History • southern, american, united states, history, 19th century, confederates, union, solidiers, secession, slavery • The Civil War in the United States • The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government • union army • vicksburg campaign • war • War Democrat • war effort • War Studies • War studies*CHRIS* • Western Theater of the American Civil War
• ISBN-10: 1-64336-221-6 / 1643362216
• ISBN-13: 978-1-64336-221-2 / 9781643362212