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Civil War Wests: Testing the Limits of the United States
Adam (Ed) Arenson
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Description for Civil War Wests: Testing the Limits of the United States
Hardback. Presents an integrated view of the Civil War and Reconstruction and the history of the western United States. This book includes essays on lives, choices, and legacies in the American West, discussing the consequences for American Indian nations, the link between reconstruction and suffrage movements, and cross-border interactions with Canada. Editor(s): Arenson, Adam; Graybill, Andrew R. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 maps, 10 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
This innovative study presents a new, integrated view of the Civil War and Reconstruction and the history of the western United States. Award-winning historians such as Steven Hahn, Martha Sandweiss, William Deverell, Virginia Scharff, and Stephen Kantrowitz offer original essays on lives, choices, and legacies in the American West, discussing the consequences for American Indian nations, the link between Reconstruction and suffrage movements, and cross-border interactions with Canada and Mexico. In the West, Civil War battle fields and Civil War politics engaged a wide range of ethnic and racial distinctions, raising questions that would arise only later in places farther ... Read more
This innovative study presents a new, integrated view of the Civil War and Reconstruction and the history of the western United States. Award-winning historians such as Steven Hahn, Martha Sandweiss, William Deverell, Virginia Scharff, and Stephen Kantrowitz offer original essays on lives, choices, and legacies in the American West, discussing the consequences for American Indian nations, the link between Reconstruction and suffrage movements, and cross-border interactions with Canada and Mexico. In the West, Civil War battle fields and Civil War politics engaged a wide range of ethnic and racial distinctions, raising questions that would arise only later in places farther ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520283787
SKU
V9780520283787
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About Adam (Ed) Arenson
Adam Arenson is Associate Professor of History and Director of Urban Studies at Manhattan College, author of The Great Heart of the Republic: St. Louis and the Cultural Civil War (2011), and coeditor of Frontier Cities: Encounters at the Crossroads of Empire (2013). Andrew R. Graybill is Professor of History and Director of the William P. Clements Center for ... Read more
Reviews for Civil War Wests: Testing the Limits of the United States
"Excellent in every respect, from superbly qualified writers."
D. Steeples CHOICE "Timely ... Civil War Wests very effectively extends Reconstruction into the West... The volume makes clear the value of dramatically reframing our understanding of both the Civil War and the American West," The Journal of American History "This excellent collection expands our understanding of the Civil War and ... Read more
D. Steeples CHOICE "Timely ... Civil War Wests very effectively extends Reconstruction into the West... The volume makes clear the value of dramatically reframing our understanding of both the Civil War and the American West," The Journal of American History "This excellent collection expands our understanding of the Civil War and ... Read more