| War Stuff: The Struggle for Human and Environmental Resources in the American Civil War Contributor(s): Cashin, Joan E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108413188 ISBN-13: 9781108413183 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $26.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - United States - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 973.713 |
| LCCN: 2018000042 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies on the American South |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 270 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this path-breaking work on the American Civil War, Joan E. Cashin explores the struggle between armies and civilians over the human and material resources necessary to wage war. This war 'stuff' included the skills of white Southern civilians, as well as such material resources as food, timber, and housing. At first, civilians were willing to help Confederate or Union forces, but the war took such a toll that all civilians, regardless of politics, began focusing on their own survival. Both armies took whatever they needed from human beings and the material world, which eventually destroyed the region's ability to wage war. In this fierce contest between civilians and armies, the civilian population lost. Cashin draws on a wide range of documents, as well as the perspectives of environmental history and material culture studies. This book provides an entirely new perspective on the war era. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cashin, Joan E.: - Joan E. Cashin is a Professor of History at Ohio State University. An award-winning scholar of nineteenth-century American history, she is the author or editor of five books, including First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davis's Civil War (2009). |