{"product_id":"northerners-at-war-gallman-9781606350454","title":"Northerners at War: Reflections on the Civil War Home Front","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEssays on the Northern home front by a preeminent Civil War historian \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The essays in this collection are snapshots about particular questions, bodies of evidence, and theoretical issues. Taken together these essays map out a portion of my own professional evolution, from the questions that absorbed my attention when I was first thinking about the Civil War home front, to the issues that have seemed most interesting to me in the last several years.\"--from the Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNortherners at War\u003c\/em\u003e brings together noted historian J. Matthew Gallman's most significant essays on the economic, social, and domestic aspects of life in the North during the Civil War. Gallman tackles a range of Civil War home front topics--from urban violence and Gettysburg's wartime history to entrepreneurial endeavors and the war's economic impact. He also examines gender issues, with a fascinating review of the career of orator Anna E. Dickinson and an insightful examination of how northerners used gendered notions of masculinity in rhetoric to recruit African American soldiers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA noteworthy contribution to our understanding of the home front, \u003cem\u003eNortherners at War\u003c\/em\u003e is indispensible to those interested in the Civil War era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1606350455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606350454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Gallman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48587789533439,"sku":"9781606350454","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/northerners-at-war-gallman-9781606350454","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}