The Civil War era : historical viewpoints / [compiled by] Eugene H. Berwanger
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TextPublication details: Fort Worth : Harcourt Brace College Publishers, c1994Description: iii, 249 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0155010395Subject(s): United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Historiography
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Summary: This reader is designed primarily for classroom use. It presents contrasting points of view on topics dealing with the Civil War and Reconstruction in the hope that they will stimulate discussion among students and encourage them to read further.... [For] college students. -Pref. [Cont. from TofC] Was the Civil War a total war? / M.E. Neely -- Final outcome: Collapse of the Confederacy / A. Jones; Perseverance of soldiers / R. Mitchell -- Radical Republicans: Reconstruction versus restoration / H.K. Beale; Politics & possibilities / W.R. Brock -- Political equality in the Postbellum South: New Orleans & emergence of political violence / G.C. Rable; Black suffrage and white dissenters / C. Degler -- Reconstruction in the South: Triumph of the conservatives / K.M. Stampp; River has its bend / E. Foner -- Compromise of 1877: Forked road to reunion / C.V. Woodward; Was there a compromise of 1877? / A. Peskin; Yes, there was a compromise of 1877 / C.V. Woodward
Reactions to slavery: Travail of slavery / C.G. Sellers ; Experiential basis of the northern antislavery impulse / J.L. Huston -- Freeport Questions: Lincoln-Douglas debates / I. Tarbell ; Famous "Freeport Question" / D.E. Fehrenbacher -- Republicans: Crisis of the 1850s / L. Litwack ; Nativism & creation of a Republican majority / W.E. Gienapp ; Slavery & Republican ideology / E. Foner -- What caused the Civil War?: Great fact of race / J.A. Rawley ; Corruption & death of the Union / M.W. Summers -- Fort Sumter: Lincoln & Fort Sumter / C.W. Ramsdell ; Bringer of war / R.N. Current -- Lincoln as emancipator: Truth about the emancipation proclamation / R. Korngold ; Death warrant for slavery / S.B. Oates -- Lincoln & Blacks: In isles beyond the main / J.H. Silverman ; Can we all do better? / L. Cox -- Woman's Civil War: War & southern women / A.F. Scott ; Woman's National Loyal League / W.F. Hamand -- Black people's Civil War: Faithful slave / L. Litwack ; Black glory / J.T. Glatthaar -- Was the Civil War total war?: Lincoln & strategy of unconditional surrender / J.M McPherson [Cont. in Annotation]
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 973.7/BER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844400135576 |
Includes bibliographical references
Reactions to slavery: Travail of slavery / C.G. Sellers ; Experiential basis of the northern antislavery impulse / J.L. Huston -- Freeport Questions: Lincoln-Douglas debates / I. Tarbell ; Famous "Freeport Question" / D.E. Fehrenbacher -- Republicans: Crisis of the 1850s / L. Litwack ; Nativism & creation of a Republican majority / W.E. Gienapp ; Slavery & Republican ideology / E. Foner -- What caused the Civil War?: Great fact of race / J.A. Rawley ; Corruption & death of the Union / M.W. Summers -- Fort Sumter: Lincoln & Fort Sumter / C.W. Ramsdell ; Bringer of war / R.N. Current -- Lincoln as emancipator: Truth about the emancipation proclamation / R. Korngold ; Death warrant for slavery / S.B. Oates -- Lincoln & Blacks: In isles beyond the main / J.H. Silverman ; Can we all do better? / L. Cox -- Woman's Civil War: War & southern women / A.F. Scott ; Woman's National Loyal League / W.F. Hamand -- Black people's Civil War: Faithful slave / L. Litwack ; Black glory / J.T. Glatthaar -- Was the Civil War total war?: Lincoln & strategy of unconditional surrender / J.M McPherson [Cont. in Annotation]
This reader is designed primarily for classroom use. It presents contrasting points of view on topics dealing with the Civil War and Reconstruction in the hope that they will stimulate discussion among students and encourage them to read further.... [For] college students. -Pref. [Cont. from TofC] Was the Civil War a total war? / M.E. Neely -- Final outcome: Collapse of the Confederacy / A. Jones; Perseverance of soldiers / R. Mitchell -- Radical Republicans: Reconstruction versus restoration / H.K. Beale; Politics & possibilities / W.R. Brock -- Political equality in the Postbellum South: New Orleans & emergence of political violence / G.C. Rable; Black suffrage and white dissenters / C. Degler -- Reconstruction in the South: Triumph of the conservatives / K.M. Stampp; River has its bend / E. Foner -- Compromise of 1877: Forked road to reunion / C.V. Woodward; Was there a compromise of 1877? / A. Peskin; Yes, there was a compromise of 1877 / C.V. Woodward
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