{"product_id":"a-peoples-history-of-the-david-williams-9781595581259","title":"A People's History of the Civil War: Struggles for the Meaning of Freedom","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed sweeping history of a nation at war with itself, told here for the first time by the people who lived it\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eBottom-up history at its very best, \u003cem\u003eA People's History of the Civil War\u003c\/em\u003e \"does for the Civil War period what Howard Zinn's \u003cem\u003eA People's History of the United States\u003c\/em\u003e did for the study of American history in general\" (\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e). Widely praised upon its initial release, it was described as \"meticulously researched and persuasively argued\" by the \u003cem\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorian David Williams has written the first account of the American Civil War though the eyes of ordinary people--foot soldiers, slaves, women, prisoners of war, draft resisters, Native Americans, and others. Richly illustrated with little-known anecdotes and firsthand testimony, this pathbreaking narrative moves beyond presidents and generals to tell a new and powerful story about America's most destructive conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA People's History of the Civil War\u003c\/em\u003e is \"readable social history\" which \"sheds fascinating light\" (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e) on this crucial period. In so doing it recovers the long-overlooked perspectives and forgotten voices of one of the defining chapters of American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595581251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595581259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.28w x 1.60d","brand":"David Williams","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995086291199,"sku":"9781595581259","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_550370bf-cea6-4238-bacc-90c11310294e.jpg?v=1683333818","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-peoples-history-of-the-david-williams-9781595581259","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}