Two Communities in the Civil War: 0 (Norton Documents Reader) - Softcover

Ayers, Associate Professor Of History Edward L; Torget, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393927385 ISBN 13: 9780393927382

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2007

Synopsis

The casebook focuses on the deep connections between homefront and battlefront and on the centrality of slavery to the conflict, emphasizing the profound uncertainty and confusion that prevailed during the war.

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About the Author:

Edward L. Ayers's The Thin Light of Freedom completes his prize-winning history of the Civil War and its aftermath in the Great Valley that began with In the Presence of Mine Enemies. Ayers' superb history has been awarded the Bancroft Prize, the Lincoln Prize, and the Avery O. Craven Award of the Organization of American Historians. A recipient of the National Humanities Medal from President Obama, Ayers is the Tucker-Boatwright Professor of the Humanities and president emeritus of the University of Richmond.

Synopsis:

They stood only about 200 miles apart in the same valley, but they might as well have been on different planets. Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin County, Pennsylvania each had their farms, villages and towns, but their respective fates would differ widely as they took their place in the Civil War. Here Torget and Ayers (both history, U. of Vir

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0393927385
• ISBN 13: 9780393927382
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200