Writing the Civil War: The Quest to Understand

McPherson, James M.; Cooper, William J., Jr. (edited by)

ISBN 10: 1570033897 / ISBN 13: 9781570033896

Edité par University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, South Carolina, 1998

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A bright, presentable copy. Spine not creased. 230 x 155 mm. [x] 358 pp.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Writing the Civil War: The Quest to Understand
• Éditeur: University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, South Carolina
• Date de parution: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1570033897
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781570033896
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• Type de livre: Book
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • American History, Culture and Americana
  • Military

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Synopsis

Studies diverse topics on the writing of Civil War history

No event has transformed the United States more fundamentally--or been studied more exhaustively--than the Civil War. In Writing the Civil War, fourteen distinguished historians present a wide-ranging examination of the vast effort to chronicle the conflict--an undertaking that began with the remembrances of Civil War veterans and has become an increasingly prolific field of scholarship. Covering topics from battlefield operations to the impact of race and gender, this volume is an informative guide through the labyrinth of Civil War literature. The contributors provide authoritative and interpretive evaluations of the study and explication of the struggle that has been called the American Iliad.

The first four essays consider military history: Joseph Thomas Glatthaar writes on battlefield tactics, Gary W. Gallagher on Union strategy, Emory M. Thomas on Confederate strategy, and Reid Mitchell on soldiers. In essays that focus on political concerns, Mark E. Neely, Jr. links the military and political with his examination of presidential leadership, while Michael F. Holt surveys the study of Union politics, and George C. Rable examines the work on Confederate politics. Michael Les Benedict bridges political and societal concerns in his discussion of constitutional questions; Phillip Shaw Paludan and james L. roark confront the broad themes of economics and society in the North and South; and Drew Gilpin Faust and Peter Kolchin evaluate the importance of gender, slavery, and race relations.

Writing the Civil War demonstrates the richness and diversity of Civil War scholarship and identifies topics yet to be explored. Noting a surprising dearth of scholarship in several area, the essays point to new directions in the quest to understand the complexities of the most momentous event in American history.

À propos de l'auteur

James M. McPherson is the author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, which won the Pulitzer Prize in history in 1989, and For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War, the 1998 winner of the Lincoln Prize. He is the George Henry Davis Professor of American History at Princeton University and lives in Princeton.