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
O autorze
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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