Voices of Civil War America: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313377402)

Letting ordinary people speak for themselves, this book uses primary documents to highlight daily life among Americans--Union and Confederate, black and white, soldier and civilian--during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Focusing on routines as basic as going to school and cooking and cleaning, Voices of Civil War America: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life explores the lives of ordinary Americans during one of the nation's most tumultuous eras. The book emphasizes the ordinary rather than the momentous to help students achieve a true understanding of mid-19th-century American culture and society.

Recognizing that there is no better way to learn history than to allow those who lived it to speak for themselves, the authors utilize primary documents to depict various aspects of daily life, including politics, the military, economics, domestic life, material culture, religion, intellectual life, and leisure. Each of the documents is augmented by an introduction and aftermath, as well as lists of topics to consider and questions to ask.

Author: Lawrence A. Jr. Kreiser
ISBN-10: 0313377405
ISBN-13: 9780313377402
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 09/13/2011
Pages: 260
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 01/01/2012 pg. 132
School Library Journal 02/01/2012 pg. 80
Reference and Research Bk News 12/01/2011 pg. 40