Morehouse / Trodd Civil War America

A Social and Cultural History with Primary Sources
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-136-21183-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten

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 government, labor, welfare and reform efforts, the Indian nations, universities, healthcare and medicine, news coverage, photography, and a host of other topics that flesh out the lives of ordinary Americans who just happened to be living through the biggest conflict in American history. Along with the original material presented in the book chapters, the website accompanying the book is a treasure trove of primary sources, both textual and visual, keyed for each chapter topic.

Civil War America and its companion website uncover seismic shifts in the cultural and social landscape of the United States, providing the perfect addition to any course on the Civil War.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morehouse, Maggi M.

Trodd, Zoe

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Foreword by John Stauffer

Introduction by Maggi M. Morehouse and Zoe Trodd

Part I: Dissent and Disobedience

- Draft Resistance and Rioting: Shannon Smith Bennett

- Southern Dissent: David Williams

- Women Soldiers: Rachel Redfern

Part II: Labor and Land

- The Domestic Sphere: Phyllis Thompson

- Labor Organizations: Mark A. Lause

- Commerce and Industry: Daniel Rasmussen

- The Environment: Megan Kate Nelson

Part III: Religion and Reform

- Religion in the South: Thomas Lawrence Long

- Religion in the North: James R. Rohrer

- Reform and Welfare Societies: Lauren Brandt

Part IV: Health and Education

- Higher Education: A.J. Angulo and Kimberly Cook

- Military Schools: Bradford A. Wineman

- Military Medicines: Guy R. Hasegawa

- Civilian Healthcare: James M. Schmidt

Part V: Ethnic American Lives

- Slave Emancipation: Sharon A. Roger Hepburn

- Black Troops: Maggi M. Morehouse

- Immigrants: Jennifer A. Stollman

- Native Americans: W. Craig Gaines

Part VI: Literature and Visual Culture

- Newspapers: Brayton Harris

- Literature: Vanessa Steinroetter

- Photography: Mandy A. Reid

- Painting and Illustration: Jennifer Raab

Part VII: Leisure and Performance

- Music: Jack Hamilton

- Theater: Laura Ansley and Renée M. Sentilles

- Baseball: Ryan Swanson

- Sacred and Secular Holidays: Suanna H. Davis

Part VII: Death and Aftermath

- Death and Dying: Nicole Day

- Veterans: John Casey

- Competing Memories: James M. Gillispie

About the Editors

Über Autor(innen)

Maggi M. Morehouse is Associate Professor of Southern History and Director of the Burroughs Fund for Southern Studies at Coastal Carolina University.

Zoe Trodd is Professor and Chair of American Literature in the Department of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham.