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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 modern American nation-state. This new interpretation of one of the most mythologized events in modern history combines narrative with analysis and an up-to-date assessment of the state of Civil War scholarship. The American Civil War: - emphasizes the importance of Northern public opinion in shaping the meaning and outcome of the crisis - argues that the war exposed deep social and political divisions within, as well as between, North and South - explores the experiences of ordinary soldiers and civilians, and the political and cultural context in which they lived - sets this distinctively American crisis over slavery and nationhood in the wider context of the nineteenth-century world. Concise and authoritative, this is an indispensable introduction to a critical period in modern American history.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: American Civil War
• Author: Adam I. P. Smith
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 304
• EAN: 9780333790533
• ISBN: 0333790537
• ID: 04599561
• Publisher: Macmillan Education UK
• Weight: 611 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 138 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. January 2007

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