{"product_id":"the-business-of-captivity-gray-9781606352663","title":"The Business of Captivity: Elmira and Its Civil War Prison","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Gray's\u003c\/b\u003e study of the economic and social impact, including the high death rate, of the Union priosn at Elmira, New York, on the host community offers new insights on the social history of the Civil War. One of the many controversial issues to emerge from the Civil War was the treatment of prisoners of war. At two stockades, the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia, and the Union prison at Elmira, New York, suffering was acute and mortality was high.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring its single year of existence, more money was expended on the Elmira prison than in any of the other Union Stockades. Even with this record spending, a more ignominious figure was attached to Elmira: of the more than 12,000 Confederates imprisoned there, nearly 3,000 die while in captivity - the highest rate among all the Northern prisons. The authors conclusions are based on new, little-known, or never used archival materials. In a similar vein, his description of the prison culture is especially illuminating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1606352660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606352663\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 05\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Gray","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48587789631743,"sku":"9781606352663","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-business-of-captivity-gray-9781606352663","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}