The Children's Civil War (Civil War America) - Hardcover

Marten, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807824259 ISBN 13: 9780807824252

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 1998

Synopsis

The Children's Civil War is an exploration of childhood during our nation's greatest crisis. James Marten describes how the war changed the literature and schoolbooks published for children, how it affected children's relationships with absent fathers and brothers, how the responsibilities forced on northern and especially southern youngsters shortened their childhoods, and how the death and destruction that tore the country apart often cut down children as well as adults. Drawing on the childhoods of such diverse Americans as Jane Addams, Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and Tom Watson, and on sources that range from diaries and memoirs to children's "amateur newspapers, " Marten examines the myriad ways in which the Civil War shaped the lives of a generation of American children.

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Review:

Thoroughly researched and nicely illustrated, "The Children s Civil War" will be a touchstone for historians and generalists."Civil War History" [A]n engaging, masterful, nuanced, and readable study that will not quickly leave the reader's mind or heart."American Studies" Through his absorbing, first-rate social history, Marten sheds much-needed light on a previously neglected aspect of Civil War history."Publishers Weekly" YThe book directs our attention to some previously overlooked casualties and consequences of the Civil War."American Historical Review" YAn engaging, masterful, nuanced, and readable study that will not quickly leave the reader's mind or heart."American Studies" YA valuable addition to the historiography of the period."Journal of Southern History" "Through his absorbing, first-rate social history, Marten sheds much-needed light on a previously neglected aspect of Civil War history."Publishers Weekly"" "Thoroughly researched and nicely illustrated, "The ChildrenUs Civil War" will be a touchstone for historians and generalists."Civil War History"" [The book] directs our attention to some previously overlooked casualties and consequences of the Civil War."American Historical Review" "[A]n engaging, masterful, nuanced, and readable study that will not quickly leave the reader's mind or heart."American Studies"" [A] valuable addition to the historiography of the period."Journal of Southern History" Marten has taken a topic ignored by both Civil War historians and historians of childhood and crafted an engaging, masterful, nuanced, and readable study that will not quickly leave the reader's mind or heart. ("American Studies)

Synopsis:

This volume explores childhood during the American Civil War. The author describes how the war changed the schoolbooks published for children, how it affected children's relationships with absent fathers and brothers, and how the responsibilities on children shortened their childhoods.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0807824259
• ISBN 13: 9780807824252
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368