| Women and the American Civil War: North-South Counterpoints Contributor(s): Giesberg, Judith (Editor), Miller, Randall M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1606353403 ISBN-13: 9781606353400 Publisher: Kent State University Press OUR PRICE: $49.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: 973.708 |
| LCCN: 2018007990 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.10 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The scholarship on women's experiences in the U.S. Civil War is rich and deep, but much of it remains regionally specific or subsumed in more general treatments of Northern and Southern peoples during the war. In a series of eight paired essays, scholars examine women's comparable experiences across the regions, focusing particularly on women's politics, wartime mobilization, emancipation, wartime relief, women and families, religion, reconstruction, and Civil War memory. In each pairing, historians analyze women's lives, interests, and engagement in public issues and private concerns and think critically about what stories and questions still need attention. Among their questions are: |