Civil War America: A Social and Cultural History

Many courses have morphed into studies of the Civil War era, not just the war itself and-with due respect to military historians- it's been years since any of this reviewer's students has pressed for details of battles beyond what he offers in a single lecture. The essays focus on eight themes: dissent and disobedience; labor and land; religion and reform; health and education; ethnic American lives; literature and visual culture; leisure and performance; and death and the war's aftermath.