The Civil War: An Anthology of Sources

by Lyde Cullen Sizer (Editor), Lyde Cullen Sizer (Editor), Lyde Cullen-Sizer (Editor), Jim Cullen (Editor)

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There is an extraordinary range of material in this anthology, from Lincoln's Gettysburg address to a contemporary account of a visit from the Ku Klux Klan. The primary sources reproduced are both visual and written, and the secondary materials present a remarkable breadth and quality of relevant scholarship. It contains an extensive selection of writings and illustrations on the American Civil War. It reflects society and culture as well as the politics and key battles of the Civil War. It reproduces and links primary and secondary sources to encourage exploration of the material. It includes editorial introductions and study questions to aid understanding.

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There is an extraordinary range of material in this anthology, from Lincoln's Gettysburg address to a contemporary account of a visit from the Ku Klux Klan. The primary sources reproduced are both visual and written, and the secondary materials present a remarkable breadth and quality of relevant scholarship. It contains an extensive selection of writings and illustrations on the American Civil War. It reflects society and culture as well as the politics and key battles of the Civil War. It reproduces and links primary and secondary sources to encourage exploration of the material. It includes editorial introductions and study questions to aid understanding.

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Pages: 466
Edition: 1
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 16 Dec 2004
ISBN 10: 1405106905
ISBN 13: 9781405106900

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This anthology of sources for the Civil War era is a well contextualized collection of documents and secondary sources. Highlighted sections ask thought-provoking questions, directing students' attention and challenging them to come to grips with the complexities of this era. This book is an extraordinary contribution to teaching. It is the textbook that teachers dream of finding. Orville Vernon Burton, University of Illinois The pulling together of all this material into one coherent volume represents a considerable editorial achievement, and one that highlights not just the most recent scholarly approaches to Civil War but also some of the reasons for the subject's perennial fascination for students, academics and the public alike. Journal of American Studies

Author Bio

Lyde Cullen Sizer is Associate Professor of History at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the author of The Political Work of American Women Writers and the Civil War, 1850-1872 (2000). Jim Cullen teaches at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York City. He is the author of The Civil War in Popular Culture: A Reusable Past (1995) and The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation (2003), among other books. He is also the creator of a website, American History for Cynical Beginners: www.ecfs.org/projects/jcullen.