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  • The Archaeology of Institutional Life

    A landmark work that will instigate vigorous and wide-ranging discussions on institutions in Western life, and the power of material culture to both enforce and negate cultural normsInstitutions pervade social life. They express community goals and values by defining the limits of socially acceptable behavior. Institutions are often vested with the resources, authority, and power to enforce the ... Leer más

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  • I Fear I Shall Never Leave This Island

    Life in a Civil War Prison

    de David R. Bush ...
    Johnson's Island, in Sandusky, Ohio, was not the largest Civil War prison in the North, but it was the only one to house Confederate officers almost exclusively. As a result, a distinctive prison culture developed, in part because of the educational background and access to money enjoyed by these prisoners.David Bush has spent more than two decades leading archaeological investigations at the ... Leer más

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  • For Cause and Comrades

    Why Men Fought in the Civil War

    General John A. Wickham, commander of the famous 101st Airborne Division in the 1970s and subsequently Army Chief of Staff, once visited Antietam battlefield. Gazing at Bloody Lane where, in 1862, several Union assaults were brutally repulsed before they finally broke through, he marveled, "You couldn't get American soldiers today to make an attack like that." Why did those men risk certain death, ... Leer más

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  • Amazing Women of the Civil War

    Fascinating True Stories of Women Who Made a Difference . . .

    de Webb Garrison ...
    The Civil War is most often described as one in which brother fought against brother. But the most devastating war fought on American soil was also one in which women demonstrated heroic deeds, selfless acts, and courage beyond measure. Women mobilized soup kitchens and relief societies. Women cared for wounded soldiers. Women were effective spies. And it is estimated that 300 women fought on the ... Leer más

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  • The Black Civil War Soldier

    A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship

    Series series NYU Series in Social & Cultural Analysis
    "The book aims to bring these stoic portraits of black soldiers to life . . . It's what Willis calls the African American experience, as well as resilience." — The GuardianThough both the Union and Confederate armies excluded African American men from their initial calls to arms, many of the men who eventually served were black. Simultaneously, photography culture blossomed—marking the Civil War ... Leer más

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  • Who Was Robert E. Lee?

    Ilustraciones de John O'Brien ...
    Series series Who Was?
    Robert E. Lee seemed destined for greatness. His father was a Revolutionary War hero and at West Point he graduated second in his class! In 1861, when the Southern states seceded from the Union, Lee was offered the opportunity to command the Union forces. However, even though he was against the war, his loyalty to his home state of Virginia wouldn’t let him fight for the North. Despite the South’s ... Leer más

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  • Women of the Revolution

    Bravery and Sacrifice on the Southern Battlefields

    A fascinating account of the women who contributed to the Revolutionary War—both patriots and loyalists—at specific battles in the Carolinas.Each of the Southern Revolutionary battlefields holds the history of soldiers and legends of women. From the wooded slopes of Kings Mountain to the fields of Cowpens, to the lesser-known sites like Fishing Creek and Hanging Rock, author Robert M. Dunkerly ... Leer más

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  • Blood and War at My Doorstep

    "Between these pages the reader will learn that North Carolina citizens did not idly standby as their soldiers marched off to war. The women worked themselves into “patrioticexhaustion” through Aid Societies. Civilians with different means of support from thelower class to the plantation mistress wrote the governor complaining of hoarding,speculation, the tithe, bushwhackers, unionism, ... Leer más

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  • The Assassination Letters

    de Jason Emerson ...
    In June 2005, two small envelopes were found in a closet in a Vermont historical site. One of the envelopes was official Treasury Department stationary and inscribed: valuable letter account of the trial after the assassination of Lincoln. Inside were three letters dated April 18, May 20, and June 15, 1865, containing eyewitness accounts of life in Washington, D.C., after the assassination of ... Leer más

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  • Virginia at War, 1862

    Series series Virginia at War
    The second volume in this history of Confederate Virginia examines the effects of military occupation, industrial expansion, and the Battle of Antietam.In Virginia at War, 1862, leading Civil War historians demonstrate how no aspect of life in the Commonwealth escaped the war's impact. The collection of essays examines topics as diverse as daily civilian life and the effects of military occupation ... Leer más

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  • The Colors of Courage

    Gettysburg's Forgotten History: Immigrants, Women, and African Americans in the Civil War's Defining Battle

    Gettysburg has been written about and studied in great detail over the last 140 years, but there are still many participants whose experiences have been overlooked. In augmenting this incomplete history, Margaret Creighton presents a new look at the decisive battle through the eyes of Gettysburg's women, immigrant soldiers, and African Americans. An academic with a superb flair for storytelling, ... Leer más

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  • Mama, I Am yet Still Alive

    A Composite Diary of 1863 in the Confederacy

    Edición de Jeff Toalson ...
    Civil War studies normally focus on military battles, campaigns, generals and politicians, with the common Confederate soldiers and Southern civilians receiving only token mention. Using personal accounts from more than two hundred forty soldiers, farmers, clerks, nurses, sailors, farm girls, merchants, surgeons, chaplains and wives, author Jeff Toalson has created a compilation that is remarkable ... Leer más

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