{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-civil-war-and-reconstruction-hardback-9780631215516","title":"A Companion to the Civil War and Reconstruction (Hardback) 9780631215516","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to the Civil War and Reconstruction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLacy Ford (Edited by), L Ford (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631215516, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 December 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e528 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 18 x 3.3 cm, 1.043 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\" A recent and welcome addition to the Blackwell Companions to American History series. . . . The choice of Lacy Ford to edit this volume was an excellent one. Ford has assembled a stellar team of scholars . . . Most of the essays are certain to become essential reading for specialists but are also accessible to nonspecialists . . . . [T]his volume belongs on the 'must-read' shelf of scholars of the Civil War and Reconstruction as well as those of nineteenth-century southern and U.S. history.\" \u003ci\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Civil War and Reconstruction\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the key topics and themes of the Civil War era, with 23 original essays by top scholars in the field.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn authoritative volume that surveys the history and historiography of the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyzes the major sources and the most influential books and articles in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes discussions on scholarly advances in U.S. Civil War history.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on the contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: A Civil War in the Age of Capital 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLacy K. Ford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Sectional Conflict and the Coming of the Civil War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Slavery and the Union, 1789–1833 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas R. Egerton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Market Revolution 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Larson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Slavery and the Old South 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLarry Hudson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Planters, Plain Folk, and Poor Whites in the Old South 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles C. Bolton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Humanitarian Reform and Antislavery 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames B. Stewart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Women in the Antebellum North 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeresa Murphy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Women in the Old South 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichele Gillespie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Road to Secession 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Morrison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Republican Triumph 167\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Ashworth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 And the War Came 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Crofts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Civil War and American Society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Saving the Union 203\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKevin Gannon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Civil War Military Campaigns: The Union 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarol Reardon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Civil War Military Campaigns: The Confederacy 239\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven Woodworth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Confederate Home Front 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary DeCredico\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Emancipation 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph P. 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Tracy McKenzie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Northern Women during the Age of Emancipation 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNina Silber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Southern Women during the Age of Emancipation 403\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeannie Whayne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Legacy of Confederate Defeat 423\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGaines M. 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