There is an extraordinary range of material in this anthology, from
Lincoln’s Gettysburg address to a contemporary account of a
visit from the Ku Klux Klan. The primary sources reproduced are
both visual and written, and the secondary materials present a
remarkable breadth and quality of relevant scholarship.
* Contains an extensive selection of writings and illustrations
on the American Civil War
* Reflects society and culture as well as the politics and key
battles of the Civil War
* Reproduces and links primary and secondary sources to encourage
exploration of the material
* Includes editorial introductions and study questions to aid
understanding
Circa l’autore
Lyde Cullen Sizer is Associate Professor of History at Sarah
Lawrence College. She is the author of The Political Work of
American Women Writers and the Civil War, 1850-1872
(2000).
Jim Cullen teaches at the Ethical Culture Fieldston
School in New York City. He is the author of The Civil War in
Popular Culture: A Reusable Past (1995) and The American
Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation (2003),
among other books. He is also the creator of a website, American
History for Cynical Beginners:
www.ecfs.org/projects/jcullen.
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