{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-civil-war-and-reconstruction-9780631215516","title":"A Companion to the Civil War and Reconstruction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" A recent and welcome addition to the Blackwell Companions to American History series. . . . The choice of Lacy Ford to edit this volume was an excellent one. Ford has assembled a stellar team of scholars . . . Most of the essays are certain to become essential reading for specialists but are also accessible to nonspecialists . . . . [T]his volume belongs on the 'must-read' shelf of scholars of the Civil War and Reconstruction as well as those of nineteenth-century southern and U.S. history.\" \u003ci\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on the contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: A Civil War in the Age of Capital 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLacy K. Ford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Sectional Conflict and the Coming of the Civil War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Slavery and the Union, 1789–1833 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas R. Egerton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Market Revolution 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Larson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Slavery and the Old South 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLarry Hudson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Planters, Plain Folk, and Poor Whites in the Old South 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles C. Bolton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Humanitarian Reform and Antislavery 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames B. Stewart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Women in the Antebellum North 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeresa Murphy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Women in the Old South 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichele Gillespie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Road to Secession 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Morrison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Republican Triumph 167\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Ashworth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 And the War Came 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Crofts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Civil War and American Society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Saving the Union 203\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKevin Gannon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Civil War Military Campaigns: The Union 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarol Reardon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Civil War Military Campaigns: The Confederacy 239\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven Woodworth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Confederate Home Front 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary DeCredico\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Emancipation 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph P. Reidy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Reconstruction and the New Nation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Defining Reconstruction 299\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eO. Vernon Burton, David Herr, and Matthew Cheney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Politics of Reconstruction 323\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Perman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Economics of Reconstruction 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter A. Coclanis and Scott Marler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Southern Labor and Reconstruction 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR. Tracy McKenzie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Northern Women during the Age of Emancipation 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNina Silber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Southern Women during the Age of Emancipation 403\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeannie Whayne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Legacy of Confederate Defeat 423\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGaines M. 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