Letting ordinary people speak for themselves, this book uses primary documents to highlight daily life among Americans-Union and Confederate, black and white, soldier and civilian-during the Civil War and Reconstruction.Focusing on routines as basic as going to school and cooking and cleaning, Voices of Civil War America: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life explores the lives of ordinary Americans during one of the nation’s most tumultuous eras. The book emphasizes the ordinary rather than the momentous to help students achieve a true understanding of mid-19th-century American culture and society.Recognizing that there is no better way to learn history than to allow those who lived it to speak for themselves, the authors utilize primary documents to depict various aspects of daily life, including politics, the military, economics, domestic life, material culture, religion, intellectual life, and leisure. Each of the documents is augmented by an introduction and aftermath, as well as lists of topics to consider and questions to ask.
Jr. Lawrence A. Kreiser Jr. & Browne Ray B. Browne
Voices of Civil War America [PDF ebook]
Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life
Voices of Civil War America [PDF ebook]
Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 260 ● ISBN 9780313377419 ● Editor Jr. Lawrence A. Kreiser Jr. & Browne Ray B. Browne ● Publisher ABC-CLIO ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5822266 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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