This best-selling title, designed to be either the primary anthology or textbook for the course, covers the Civil War's entire chronological span with a series of documents and essays.
| ISBN | 0395868491 | | Pages | 480 | | ISBN13 | 9780395868492
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Cengage Learning, Inc | | Weight (grammes) | 640 | | Imprint | Houghton Mifflin | | Published in | Boston | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Major Problems in American History S. | | Publication date | 19 Feb 1998 | | Previous ISBN | 9780669201482 | | Non-book description | xiv, 460 p. ; | | Height (mm) | 235 | | Library of Congress | 97072533 | | Width (mm) | 165 | | DEWEY | 973.7 | | Spine width (mm) | 18 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly |
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1. The North and South Compared DOCUMENTS Lydia Maria Child Describes How Slavery Harms the South, 1833 Frederick Law Olmsted Observes Southern Lassitude, 1854 Hinton Rowan Helper Decries Southern Economic Backwardness, 1857 Frederick Law Olmsted Criticizes the South's Lack of Material Progress, 1861 James Henry Hammond Claims Southern Cultural Superiority, 1845 George Fitzhugh Praises Southern Society, 1854 J.D.B. DeBow Explains Why Non-Slaveholders Should Support Slavery, 1860 ESSAYS Edward Pessen, The Similarities Between the Antebellum North and South James M. McPherson, The Differences Between the Antebellum North and South 2. Sectional Politics in the 1850s DOCUMENTS Independent Democrats Protest the Kansas-Nebraska Act, January 1854 Senator Stephen Douglas Explains the Objectives of His Bill, February 1854 Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts Ridicules the Southern Gentry, May 1856 Congressman John S. Bocock of Virginia Defends Preston Brooks, July 1856 Senator William Henry Seward of New York Warns of an Irrepressible Conflict, October 1858 Senator Albert G. Brown of Mississippi Renounces the Protection of the Union, December 1859 ESSAYS William E. Gienapp, The Caning of Charles Sumner and the Rise of the Republican Party Don E. Fehrenbacher, Kansas, Republicanism, and the Crisis of the Union 3. The Secession Crisis DOCUMENTS President-Elect Lincoln Explains What Is at Stake, December 1860 Congressman John A. Gilmer of North Carolina Urges Delay and Conciliation, March 1861 Secretary of State Seward Advises Restraint, March 1861 Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia Advises Against Secession, November 1860 Senator Robert Toombs of Georgia Defends His Own and His State's Honor, November 1860 The Raleigh North Carolina Standard Weighs Honor and Secession, December 1860 ESSAYS Kenneth M. Stampp, Lincoln and the Secession Crisis Bertram Wyatt-Brown, Honor and Secession 4. Fighting the War: The Generals DOCUMENTS General McClellan Gives a Lesson in Grand Strategy, July 1862 General Robert E. Lee Takes the Offensive, September 1862 General Edward Porter Alexander, C.S.A., Assesses Lee and McClellan at Antietam, September 1862 General Alexander Later Criticizes the Confederacy's Conduct of the War, c. 1900 General Henry W. Halleck, U.S.A., Acknowledges that the War Has Changed Course, March 1863 The Union Army Redefines the Rules of War: Liebers Code, May 1863 General William T. Sherman Explains How the War Has Changed, September 1864 General Ulysses S. Grant Reports His Assignment Accomplished, July 1865 ESSAYS Gary W. Gallacher, The Maryland Campaign in Perspective Mark Grimsley, Gestures of Mercy, Pillars of Fire 5. Fighting the War: The Soldiers DOCUMENTS Eugene Blackford, C.S.A., Describes His First Experience with Combat, July 1861 John Dooley, C.S.A., Acknowledges the Persistence of Fear, (Undated) Charles Harvey Brewster, U.S.A., Assesses the Contribution of His Family and Community to the War, July 1862 Robert Gould Shaw, U.S.A., Describes His Reaction to Antietam and to Possible Emancipation, September 1862 Wilbur Fisk, U.S.A., Discusses Morale Among the Soldiers, April 1863 Tally Simpson, C.S.A., Reports on the Aftermath of Gettysburg, July 1863 Walt Whitman Speculates that The Real War Will Never Get in the Books, 1882-1883 ESSAYS David W. Blight, A Union Soldier's Experience Reid Mitchell, From Volunteer to Soldier: The Psychology of Service 6. Abraham Lincoln as Political and Military Leader DOCUMENTS Lincoln Explains His Paramount Object of Saving the Union, August 1862 Salmon P. Chase Reports Lincoln's Decision on Emancipation, September 1862 Lincoln Proclaims the Meaning of the Conflict: The Gettysburg Address, November 1863 Lincoln Recounts How He Proceeded Toward Emancipation, April 1864 Lincoln Reveals an Early Grasp of Military Strategy, January 1862 Lincoln Advises Against Engaging Lee's Army After Gettysburg, September 1863 Wendell Phillips Criticizes Lincoln's War Policy, August 1862 Congressman Cleme
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