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Book SynopsisGives an account of America's biggest and most powerful urban center during the Civil War.
Trade ReviewA readable account of the enormously important role that the nation's largest city played as an economic engine, a source of military manpower, the mediai center of the North, a boiling pot of ethnic and racial tensions, and a major headache as well as asset for the Lincoln administration. -- James M. McPherson, author of Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam
Edward K. Spann artfully shows both how the war transformed New York and how events in the nation's preeminent city influenced the course of the epic national struggle. His narrative reveals the tensions inherent in a northern city where political, economic, and racial factors bespoke lingering attachments to the South. -- Roger Biles, East Carolina University
An extremely readable overview of NYC's contributions to and experiences during the US Civil War. * CHOICE *
Brimming with memorable tales of sacrifice, greed, ingenuity, and political mischief, Gotham at War is our most rounded and readable account of New York's critical role in the defeat of the Confederacy. Every page is a revelation. -- Edwin G. Burrows, co-author of Gotham:A History of New York City to 1898, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Table of ContentsChapter 1 The Road to War, 1860-61 Chapter 2 Patriotism in Action, 1861 Chapter 3 War on the Sea Chapter 4 The Business of Supply Chapter 5 Mobilization for Real Chapter 6 Tender Mercies Chapter 7 A Democratic World Chapter 8 Riots and Relief Chapter 9 The Ethnic Dimension Chapter 10 The Race Angle Chapter 11 Rebuilding Prosperity Chapter 12 Wealth and Its Exceptions Chapter 13 A Threatening World Chapter 14 The Politics of War and Peace Chapter 15 The Manpower Business Chapter 16 Victory and Beyond Chapter 17 Epilogue: A World Restored
