The Civil War and Reconstruction

A Documentary Reader

Stanley Harrold editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:30th Nov '07

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

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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

"This book is a useful tool that will find its way onto many syllabi in the upcoming years, including mine." (H-Net Reviews, 1 April 2011)

"Harrold provides an excellent introduction with not only the historical facts, but also a solid discussion of the historiography. The introduction alone makes it valuable in the classroom. For instructors looking for a good set of primary documents to use in their upper-division Civil War courses, Harrold has provided a great service. Highly recommended.” (Choice, November 2008)

ISBN: 9781405156646

Dimensions: 231mm x 155mm x 13mm

Weight: 363g

240 pages