The New York Times disunion : a history of the Civil War / edited by Ted Widmer, with Clay Risen and George Kalogerakis.

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"Between 2011 and 2015, the Opinion section of The New York Times published Disunion, a series marking the long string of anniversaries around the Civil War, the most destructive, and most defining, conflict in American history. The works were startling in their range and direction, some taking on m...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Widmer, Edward L. (Editor)
Risen, Clay (Editor)
Kalogerakis, George (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States.
1861-1865
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xv, 374 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction / by Ted Widmer
  • Secession
  • Slavery
  • Women and the homefront
  • The battlefield
  • The west and Native Americans
  • Law and rights
  • The Confederacy
  • International context
  • Abraham Lincoln and the Federal government
  • Consequences.