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Books and journals on the civil war and reconstruction the civil war is a subject on which much has been researched and written. Pages in category history books about the american civil war. Best civil war books nonfiction history of the civil. American civil war new, used and rare books and ephemera at. In fact, according to the library of congress civil war desk reference, over 70,000 books have been published on various aspects of the civil war and more are being published every day.
Best civil war books nonfiction history of the civil war. I understand the thinkingthat the civil rights movement had its roots in slaverybut if we open that door, a lot more can come in and dilute the thread. It was a bloody conflict that tore the country apart before slavery was finally abolished. The american civil war is a popular point of divergence in englishlanguage alternate history fiction. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. They relied on african slaves to farm their main crops of cotton and tobacco.
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Originally published in three individuals volumes in 1958, 1963 and 1974, these books are one of the most comprehensive series on the civil war. Any recommended reading list therefore has to be highly selective and at least somewhat arbitrary. The civil war books that should have been assigned reading. The end of the civil war largely marked the end of americas agrarian age, with more people settling in cities than ever before. Most scholars in the field of us 19thcentury history spend a fiendish amount of time trying to come up with some clever title, while john keegans new study announces itself with deceptive simplicity.
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