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The A to Z of the Civil War and Reconstruction

The importance of the Civil War and Reconstruction in the history of the United States cannot be overstated. There was a very real possibility that the union could have been sundered, resulting in a very different American history, and probably world history. But the union was held together by tough and determined leaders and by the economic muscle of the North. Following the end of the war, the period of American history known as Reconstruction followed. This was a period construed
eBook, English, 2009
Scarecrow Press, Lanham, 2009
A to Z guides, 37, no. 37
dictionaries
1 online resource (liv, 915 pages)
9780810863361, 9780810865631, 0810863367, 0810865637
435767707
Acknowledgments; Editor's Foreword; Select Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Select Bibliography; Appendix: Documents Related to the Civil War and Reconstruction; About the Author
Originally published in 2004 as Historical dictionary of the Civil War and Reconstruction