A Companion to the Civil War and Reconstruction addresses the key topics and themes of the Civil War era, with 23 original essays by top scholars in the field.
- An authoritative volume that surveys the history and historiography of the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction
- Analyzes the major sources and the most influential books and articles in the field
- Includes discussions on scholarly advances in U.S. Civil War history.
Notes on the contributors vii
Introduction: A Civil War in the Age of Capital 1
Lacy K. Ford
Part I: Sectional Conflict and the Coming of the Civil War
1 Slavery and the Union, 1789–1833 25
Douglas R. Egerton
2 The Market Revolution 41
John Larson
3 Slavery and the Old South 60
Larry Hudson
4 Planters, Plain Folk, and Poor Whites in the Old South 75
Charles C. Bolton
5 Humanitarian Reform and Antislavery 94
James B. Stewart
6 Women in the Antebellum North 112
Teresa Murphy
7 Women in the Old South 128
Michele Gillespie
8 The Road to Secession 152
Michael Morrison
9 The Republican Triumph 167
John Ashworth
10 And the War Came 183
Daniel Crofts
Part II: The Civil War and American Society
11 Saving the Union 203
Kevin Gannon
12 Civil War Military Campaigns: The UlS“
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