David Williams

A People's History of the Civil War (eBook, PDF)

Struggles for the Meaning of Freedom

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

"Does for the Civil War period what Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United Statesdid for the study of American history in general." - Library Journal Historian David Williams has written the first account of the American Civil War as viewed though the eyes of ordinary people-foot soldiers, slaves, women, prisoners of war, draft resisters, Native Americans, and others. Richly illustrated with little-known anecdotes and firsthand testimony, this path-breaking narrative moves beyond presidents and generals to tell a new and powerful story about America's most destructive conflict. A People's History of the Civil Waris a "readable social history" that "sheds fascinating light" on this crucial period. In so doing, it recovers the long-overlooked perspectives and forgotten voices of one of the defining chapters of American history ( Publishers Weekly). "Meticulously researched and persuasively argued." - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The New Press
• Seitenzahl: 594
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781595587473
• Artikelnr.: 39691595

Autorenporträt

David Williams is the author of Rich Man's War and Plain Folk in a Rich Man's War. He is a professor of history at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia.