The Civil War Era An Anthology of Sources [Hardcover]

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

Acknowledgments.

Introduction: The American Civil War in the Twenty-First Century.

A Civil War Chronology.

PART I: THE IMPENDING CRISIS.

Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):.

1 “A House Divided” by Bruce Catton (1960).

2 “The Divided South, Democracy’s Limitations, and the Causes of the Peculiarly North American Civil War” by William W. Freehling (1997).

Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):.

3 John Calhoun, speech on the Compromise of 1850.

4 Chapter 1, “In Which the Reader is Introduced to a Man of Humanity” from Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harried Beecher Stowe (1851).

5 Louisa S. McCord, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1853).

6 Escaped slave advertisements from The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1853).

PART II: JUSTIFYING THE WAR.

Essay (with Headnote and Questions):.

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