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Smith Thomas, Michael. Ed(S): Slap, Andrew L. - This Distracted and Anarchical People - 9780823245680 - V9780823245680
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This Distracted and Anarchical People

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Description for This Distracted and Anarchical People hardcover. Brings fresh insight to bear on some of the most important topics in the history the American Civil War Editor(s): Slap, Andrew L. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 525.

While most of the fighting took place in the South, the Civil War profoundly affected the North. As farm boys became soldiers and marched off to battle, social, economic, and political changes transformed northern society. In the generations following the conflict, historians tried to understand and explain the North’s Civil War experience. Many historical explanations became taken for granted, such as that the Union Army was ideologically Republican, northern Democrats were disloyal, and German Americans were lousy soldiers. Now in this eye-opening collection of eleven stimulating essays, new and important information is unearthed that solidly challenges the old historical arguments.... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
The North's Civil War
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823245680
SKU
V9780823245680
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99-1

About Smith Thomas, Michael. Ed(S): Slap, Andrew L.
Andrew L. Slap is Associate Professor of History at East Tennessee State University. He is the author of The Doom of Reconstruction: The Liberal Republicans in the Civil War Era (Fordham University Press, 2006) and editor of Reconstructing Appalachia: The Civil War’s Aftermath (University Press of Kentucky, 2010). Michael Thomas Smith is an assistant professor of history at McNeese ... Read more

Reviews for This Distracted and Anarchical People
"One of the strengths of the volume is the consistent quality of its submissions. That said, the volume succeeds in its stated goal of challenging assumptions and sparking debate. The essays are uniformly well researched and provocative, and many contain very thorough discussions of the suggesting avenues for future research. 'This Distracted and Anarchical People' successfully provides Civil War scholars ... Read more

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