A Companion to the Civil War and Reconstruction (Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History)

A 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. Civil War and Reconstruction Analyzes the major sources and the most influential books and articles in the field Includes discussions on scholarly advances in U.S. Civil War history. A COMPANION TO THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION......Page 1 Contents......Page 7 Notes on the Contributors......Page 9 Introduction: A Civil War in the Age of Capital......Page 13 Part I Sectional Conflict and the Coming of the Civil War......Page 35 1 Slavery and the Union, 1789–1833......Page 37 2 The Market Revolution......Page 53 3 Slavery and the Old South......Page 72 4 Planters, Plain Folk, and Poor Whites in the Old South......Page 87 5 Humanitarian Reform and Antislavery......Page 106 6 Women in the Antebellum North......Page 124 7 Women in the Old South......Page 140 8 The Road to Secession......Page 164 9 The Republican Triumph......Page 179 10 And the War Came......Page 195 Part II The Civil War and American Society......Page 213 11 Saving the Union......Page 215 12 Civil War Military Campaigns: The Union......Page 235 13 Civil War Military Campaigns: The Confederacy......Page 251 14 The Confederate Home Front......Page 270 15 Emancipation......Page 289 Part III Reconstruction and the New Nation......Page 309 16 Defining Reconstruction......Page 311 17 The Politics of Reconstruction......Page 335 18 The Economics of Reconstruction......Page 354 19 Southern Labor and Reconstruction......Page 378 20 Northern Women during the Age of Emancipation......Page 398 21 Southern Women during the Age of Emancipation......Page 415 22 The Legacy of Confederate Defeat......Page 435 23 Reconstruction and the Nation......Page 459 Bibliography......Page 480 Index......Page 516 Slavery and the Union, 1789-1833 / Douglas Egerton The market revolution / John Larson Slavery and the old South / Larry Hudson Planters, plain folk, and poor Whites in the old South / Charles Bolton Humanitarian reform and antislavery / James B. Stewart Women in the antebellum North / Teresa Murphy Women in the old South / Michelle Gillespie The road to secession / Michael Morrison The Republican triumph / John Ashworth And the war came / Daniel Crofts Saving the Union / Kevin Gannon War military campaigns : the Union / Carol Reardon War military campaigns : the Confederacy / Steven Woodworth The Confederate homefront / Mary DeCredico Emancipation / Joseph P. Reidy Defining Reconstruction / O. Vernon Burton, David Herr, and Matthew Chaney The politics of Reconstruction / Michael Perman The economics of Reconstruction / Peter A. Coclanis and Scott Marler Southern labor and Reconstruction / Tracy MacKenzie Northern women during the age of emancipation / Nina Silber Southern women during the age of emancipation / Jeannie Whayne The legacy of Confederate defeat / Gaines M. Foster Reconstruction and the nation / Heather Richardson.

A Companion to the Civil War and Reconstruction is an extraordinary collection of 23 essays addressing the key topics and themes of the most divisive era in United States history. These original essays by top scholars in the field are organized chronologically into three parts: “Sectional Conflict and the Coming of the Civil War,” “The Civil War and American Society,” and “Reconstruction and the New Nation.” Each essay is an interpretive summary of the key literature in the field, and places the topic in historical context. Contributors include bibliographies and suggest future directions of the historiography. This volume provides students, scholars, and informed general readers of Civil War and Reconstruction history with a valuable guide to their research and teaching.

"A Companion to the Civil War and Reconstruction is collection of 23 essays addressing the key topics and themes of the most divisive era in United States history. These original essays by top scholars in the field are organized chronologically into three parts: "Sectional Conflict and the Coming of the Civil War," "The Civil War and American Society," and "Reconstruction and the New Nation." Each essays is an interpretive summary of the key literature in the field, and places the topic in historical context. Contributors include bibliographies and suggest future directions of the historiography. This volume provides students, scholars, and informed general readers of Civil War and Reconstruction history with a valuable guide to their research and teaching."--Jacket