At the close of the Civil War, it was clear that the military conflict that began in South Carolina
and was fought largely east of the Mississippi River had changed the politics, policy, and …

This innovative study presents a new, integrated view of the Civil War and Reconstruction
and the history of the western United States. Award-winning historians such as Steven …

“This thoughtful, engaging examination of the Reconstruction Era... will be appealing... to
anyone interested in the roots of present-day American politics”(Publishers Weekly). The …

A Pulitzer Prize–winning historian's" breathtakingly original"(Junot Diaz) reinterpretation of
the eight decades surrounding the Civil War." Capatious [and] buzzing with ideas."--The …

Americans often think of their nation's history as a movement toward ever-greater
democracy, equality, and freedom. Wars in this story are understood both as necessary to …

The history of the Civil War era is in the midst of a western turn. Just as the historians of Early
America have adopted a continental perspective for their field, so too have the historians of …

US regional history owes its existence, in large part, to the study of the Civil War. Almost as
soon as the Civil War ended, historians of the conflict identified regionalism as a central …

Here is a panoramic history of America from 1954 to 1973, ranging from the buoyant teen-
age rebellion first captured by rock and roll, to the drawn-out and dispiriting endgame of …

The American Civil War was by far the bloodiest conflict in American history. Arising out of a
political crisis over the expansion of slavery, the war set the stage for the emergence of the …

" This is a probing book about the hold of the past, experienced largely as heritage and
memory and not as historical understanding, on a whole region and people. Goldfield treats …