The Civil War and Reconstruction: A Documentary Reader
- ISBN-10
- 1405156643
- ISBN-13
- 9781405156646
- Series
- The Civil War and Reconstruction
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 236
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Author
- Stanley Harrold
Description
This new volume deals with two momentous and interrelated events in American history —the American Civil War and Reconstruction—and offers students a collection of essential documentary sources for these periods.
- Provides students with over 60 documents on the American Civil War and Reconstruction
- Includes presidential addresses, official reports, songs, poems, and a variety of eyewitness testimony concerning significant events ranging from 1833-1879
- Contains an informative introduction focused on the kinds of materials available and how historians use them
- Each chapter ends with questions designed to help students engage with the material and to highlight key issues of historical debate
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