| Description |
1 online resource (2 volumes (674 pages)) : illustrations |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Vol. 1. Preface -- List of contributors -- A chronology of the American civil war -- Introduction -- A soldier's life -- Family and community -- Religion -- Popular culture -- Vol. 2. A chronology of the American civil war -- Health and medicine -- Work and economy -- Politics -- Effects of the war on slaves and freedpeople -- Reconciliation and remembrance -- Annotated bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
Provides historical information on the battlefield and homefront experience and the political, economic, social, and cultural life of the North and South during the War. Primary source documents in the form of first-person accounts, letters, diaries, journals, newspapers, and literature bring to life the experiences of the Union and Confederate participants and the people they left behind. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1865.
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United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865.
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Confederate States of America -- Social life and customs.
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Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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| Added Author |
Woodworth, Steven E., editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gale library of daily life : American Civil War. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2008 9781414430096 |
| ISBN |
9781414430126 (electronic book) |
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1414430124 (electronic book) |
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9781414430096 (set) |
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1414430094 (set) |
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9781414430102 (v. 1) |
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1414430108 (v. 1) |
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9781414430119 (v. 2) |
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1414430116 (v. 2) |
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