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THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (3 VOLUMES)

Written by Aaron Sheehan-Dean
Published by Cambridge University Press in 2019
ISBN: 9781107154582

THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Aaron Sheehan-Dean.
Stock no. 1829214
1st. 2019. Hardback. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Three volume set. Volume I: Military Affairs; Volume II: Affairs of the State; Volume III: Affairs of the People. Plum colour cloth with gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos and colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781107154582. Top & tail of spines slightly bent from shelf-wear. Dustwrappers are ligthly edge-creased with some very light scuffing. A handsome set.

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Cover of THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (3 VOLUMES) by Aaron Sheehan-Dean

Contents

  • VOLUME I - MILITARY AFFAIRS
  • List of Maps
  • List of Contributors to Volume I
  • Ackowledgements
  • Note on the Text
  • 1. Introduction: The Cambridge History of the American Civil War AARON SHEEHAN-DEAN (LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • PART I
  • MAJOR BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS
  • 2. The Battles of Virginia, 1861 HUNTER LESSER (INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR)
  • 3. The Battles of Tennessee, 1862 TIMOTHY B. SMITH (UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT MARTIN)
  • 4. The Battles of the Trans-Mississippi, 18671-1863 WILLIAM L SHEA (UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT MONTICELLO)
  • 5. The Peninsula Campaign GLENN D. BRASHER (UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA)
  • 6. The Shenandoah Valley Campaigns of 1862 and 1864 KATHRYN J. SHIVELY (VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY)
  • 7. The Second Bull Run Campaign (JOHN HENNESSY (NATIONAL PARK SERVICE)
  • 8. The Antietam Campaign D. SCOTT HARTWIG (NATIONAL PARK SERVICE)
  • 9. The Western Theater 1862-1863 KENNETH W. NOE (AUBURN UNIVERSITY)
  • 10. The Battle of Fredericksburg (ELIZABETH PARNICZA (NATIONAL PARK SERVICE)
  • 11. The Chancellorsville Campaign CHRISTIAN B. KELLER (US ARMY WAR COLLEGE)
  • 12. The Gettysburg Campaign (CAROL REARDON (PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • 13. The Vicksburg Campaign TERRENCE J. WINSCHEL (NATIONAL PARK SERVICE)
  • 14. The Battles of Tennessee DARYL BLACK (SEMINARY RIDGE MUSEUM)
  • 15. The Overland Campaign GORDON C. RHEA (INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR)
  • 16. The Georgia Campaign ROBERT L. GLAZE (LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY)
  • 17. The Carolinas Campaign (LISA TENDRICH FRANK (INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR)
  • 18. The Tennessee Campaign 1864 WILLIAM LEE WHITE (NATIONAL PARK SERVICE)
  • 19. The Petersburg and Appomattox Campaigns WILLIAM MARVEL (INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR)
  • PART II
  • PLACES
  • 20. War on the Rivers GARY D. JOINER (LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AT SHREVEPORT)
  • 21. War on the Waters KURT HACKEMER (UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTO)
  • 22. The Blockade ROBERT BROWNING JR (US COAST GUARD HISTORIAN'S OFFICE)
  • 23. The Border War AARON ASTOR (MARYVILLE COLLEGE)
  • 24. War in the Deep South ANDREW F. LANG (MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • 25. War in Appalachia BRIAN D MCKNIGHT (UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA AT WISE)
  • 26. War in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas DONALD S. FRAZIER (MCMURRY UNIVERSITY)
  • 27. War in the West KEVIN ADAMS (KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
  • 28. War in Indian Country KEVIN WHITE (DURHAM UNIVERSITY)
  • Index
  • VOLUME II - AFFAIRS OF THE STATE
  • List of Contributors to Volume II
  • Note on the Text
  • PART I - CAUSES
  • 1. The Antebellum War over Slavery STANLEY HARROLD (SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • 2. The Election of 1860 MICHAEL GREEN (UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA - LAS VEGAS)
  • 3. Secession and Disunion MICHAEL E. WOODS (MARSHALL UNIVERSITY)
  • PART II - MANAGING THE WAR
  • 4. Strategy, Operations and Tactics DONALD STOKER AND MARK ELAM (US NAVAL WAR COLLEGE)
  • 5. Union Military Leadership ETHAN S. RAFUSE (COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE)
  • 6. Confederate Military Leadership STEVEN WOODWORTH (TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY)
  • 7. Technology and War ANDREW S. BLEDSOE (LEE UNIVERSITY)
  • 8. Armies and Discipline LESLEY J GORDON (UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA)
  • 9. Financing the War DAVID K. THOMSON (SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY)
  • 10. Guerrilla Wars BARTON A MYERS (WASHINGTON AND LEE)
  • 11.Occupation JOAN E CASHIN (OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • 12 Atrocities, Retribution and Laws D.H. DILBECK (INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR)
  • 13. Environmental War (LISA M. BRADY (BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • 14. Civil War Health and Medicine SHAUNA DEVINE (WESTERN UNIVERSITY)
  • 15. Prisoners of War LORIEN FOOTE (TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY)
  • PART III - THE GLOBAL WAR
  • 16. The Civil War in the Americas ANDREW M FLECHE (CASTLETON UNIVERSITY)
  • 17. The Civil War in Europe BRIAN SCHOEN (OHIO UNIVERSITY)
  • PART IV - POLITICS
  • 18. Radicals and Republicans J. MATTHEW GALLMAN (UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA)
  • 19. Northern Democrats ADAM J SMITH (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON)
  • 20. Confederate Politics PAUL D. ESCOTT (WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY)
  • 21. Lincoln and the War JONATHAN W. WHITE (CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY)
  • 22. Peace and Dissent in the North JENNIFER L. WEBER (UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS)
  • 23. African American Political Activism STEPHEN KANTROWITZ (UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON)
  • 24. Davis and the War JOHN M. SACHER (UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA)
  • 25. Peace and Dissent in the South DAVID BROWN (UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER)
  • Index
  • VOLUME III - AFFAIRS OF THE PEOPLE
  • List of Plates
  • List of Figures
  • List of Contributors to Volume III
  • Note on the Text
  • PART I - VALUES
  • 1. Wartime Masculinities JAMES J. BROOMALL (SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY)
  • 2. Northern Women and the Civil War NINA SILBER (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)
  • 3. Southern Women and the Civil War SARAH E GARDNER (MERCER UNIVERSITY)
  • 4. Religion in the Civil War Era TIMOTHY L. WESLEY (AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • 5. Economic and Social Values in the Civil War BRIAN PL LUSKEY (WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY)
  • PART II - SOCIAL EXPERIENCE
  • 6. Families in Civil War JAMES MARTEN (MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY)
  • 7. Refugees and Movement in the Civil War DAVID SILKENAT (UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH)
  • 8. Citizen Soldiers SUSANNAH J. URAL (UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI)
  • 9. Immigrant America and the Civil War DAVID T. GLEESON (NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY)
  • 10. Emancipation and War YAEL A STERNHELL (TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY)
  • 11. The Black Military Experience JOSEPH P REIDY (HOWARD UNIVERSITY)
  • 12. Motives and Moral PAUL A CIMBALA (FORDHAM UNIVERSITY)
  • 13. Urban and Rural America in the Civil War FRANK TOWERS (UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY)
  • PART III - OUTCOMES
  • 14. Making Peace ELIZABETH R VARON (UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA)
  • 15. Reconstruction during the Civil War MARK WAHLGREN SUMMERS (UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY)
  • 16. Veterans and the Postwar World BARBARA A GANNON (UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA)
  • 17. The Civil War and the American State GREGORY P DOWNS (UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS)
  • 18. The Civil War and the American Law CHRISTIAN G. SAMITO (INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR)
  • 19. The Civil War in Visual Art DAVID C WARD (SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION)
  • 20. The Civil War in American Thought PETER S. CARMICHAEL (GETTYSBURG COLLEGE)
  • 21. The Civil War in Literary Memory JOHN CASEY (UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-CHICAGO)
  • 22. The Civil War in Film CRAIG A WARREN (PENN STATE BENREND)
  • 23. The Civil War in Public Memory CAROLINE E JANNEY (UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA)
  • Index