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Product Description: The Civil War forced America finally to confront the contradiction between its founding values and human slavery. At the center of this historic confrontation was Abraham Lincoln. By the time this Illinois politician had risen to the office of president, the dilemma of slavery had expanded to the question of all African Americans’ future...read more

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9780813936192 | Univ of Virginia Pr, August 29, 2014, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The Civil War forced America finally to confront the contradiction between its founding values and human slavery.

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Product Description: “Truly impressive. Travels uncharted terrain, moving deftly through a vast scholarship in two languages. The research is sound, the prose crisp and accessible, and the subject unquestionably important.”—W. Fitzhugh Brundage, author of The Southern Past: A Clash of Race and Memory “Illuminates the enduring potency of memory in shaping postwar societies for generations after the fighting ceased, reminding us that both losers and victors often had powerful motives to remember—and to forget...read more

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9780813049410 | Univ Pr of Florida, March 25, 2014, cover price $74.95 | About this edition: “Truly impressive.

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Product Description: A sharp-edged and revealing account of the transforming struggle for Southern independence and the inherent contradictions that undermined that effort.• Photographs, maps, and graphs enrich the text and illustrate changes in military strength, the importance of the Border South, and the loss of Confederate territory over time• A bibliographical essay directs the reader to some of the most important and recent works in the vast historiography of the Civil Wa...read more

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9780275994099 | Praeger Pub Text, December 30, 2009, cover price $64.00 | About this edition: A sharp-edged and revealing account of the transforming struggle for Southern independence and the inherent contradictions that undermined that effort.

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Product Description: Throughout the Civil War, newspaper headlines and stories repeatedly asked some variation of the question posed by the New York Times in 1862, "What shall we do with the negro?" The future status of African Americans was a pressing issue for those in both the North and in the South...read more

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9780813927862 | Univ of Virginia Pr, March 31, 2009, cover price $32.50 | About this edition: Throughout the Civil War, newspaper headlines and stories repeatedly asked some variation of the question posed by the New York Times in 1862, "What shall we do with the negro?

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Product Description: Although North Carolina was a "home front" state rather than a battlefield state for most of the Civil War, it was heavily involved in the Confederate war effort and experienced many conflicts as a result. North Carolinians were divided over the issue of secession, and changes in race and gender relations brought new controversy...read more
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9780807832226 | Univ of North Carolina Pr, October 1, 2008, cover price $62.00 | About this edition: Although North Carolina was a "home front" state rather than a battlefield state for most of the Civil War, it was heavily involved in the Confederate war effort and experienced many conflicts as a result.

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9780807859018 | Univ of North Carolina Pr, October 1, 2008, cover price $31.95 | About this edition: Although North Carolina was a "home front" state rather than a battlefield state for most of the Civil War, it was heavily involved in the Confederate war effort and experienced many conflicts as a result.

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Product Description: The fascinating collection of essays and documents in these volumes provides a comprehensive view of the culture of the American South as well as its political, social, and economic history. The compelling documents are grouped with important secondary sources, accompanied by chapter introductions, selection headnotes, and suggested readings...read more

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9780395871393 | 2 edition (Houghton Mifflin College Div, March 29, 1999), cover price $157.95 | About this edition: The fascinating collection of essays and documents in these volumes provides a comprehensive view of the culture of the American South as well as its political, social, and economic history.

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Product Description: Never before or since in American history have the needs and influence of the military weighed so heavily on society. Escott analyzes the militarization of life in the Confederacy and probes the relationships between military commanders, legislators, and Jefferson Davis and his administration...read more

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9780275983130 | Praeger Security Intl, January 30, 2006, cover price $84.00 | About this edition: Never before or since in American history have the needs and influence of the military weighed so heavily on society.

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Product Description: First published in 1992, A History of African Americans in North Carolina traces the history of black North Carolinians from colonial times to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. This new, revised edition brings the story up to 2001...read more

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9780865263017 | Revised edition (Historical Pubns Section, June 1, 2002), cover price $0.02 | About this edition: First published in 1992, A History of African Americans in North Carolina traces the history of black North Carolinians from colonial times to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
9780865262553, titled "A History of African Americans in North Carolina" | Reprint edition (Historical Pubns Section, December 1, 1994), cover price $12.00 | About this edition: First published in 1992, A History of African Americans in North Carolina traces the history of black North Carolinians from colonial times to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

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Product Description: The fascinating collection of essays and documents in these volumes provides a comprehensive view of the culture of the American South as well as its political, social, and economic history. The compelling documents are grouped with important secondary sources, accompanied by chapter introductions, selection headnotes, and suggested readings...read more

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9780395871409 | 2 edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, January 1, 1999), cover price $151.95 | About this edition: The fascinating collection of essays and documents in these volumes provides a comprehensive view of the culture of the American South as well as its political, social, and economic history.

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Product Description: Good condition minor pencil marks and highlighting (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780395921333 | 5 brief edition (Houghton Mifflin College Div, December 1, 1998), cover price $56.95 | About this edition: Good condition minor pencil marks and highlighting

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9780395788820 | Houghton Mifflin College Div, September 1, 1997, cover price $165.95

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9780395890448 | 5th edition (Houghton Mifflin College Div, September 1, 1997), cover price $60.76

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Product Description: Provides supplementary instruction and increases students' chances for academic success by helping them get the most out of their textbooks.

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9780395788837 | 5th edition (Houghton Mifflin College Div, September 1, 1997), cover price $71.95 | About this edition: Provides supplementary instruction and increases students' chances for academic success by helping them get the most out of their textbooks.
9780395745694 | 4th edition (Houghton Mifflin College Div, June 1, 1996), cover price $43.16

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Product Description: Provides supplementary instruction and increases students' chances for academic success by helping them get the most out of their textbooks.

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9780395890431 | 5th edition (Houghton Mifflin College Div, September 1, 1997), cover price $72.36 | About this edition: Provides supplementary instruction and increases students' chances for academic success by helping them get the most out of their textbooks.

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Product Description: Textbook bought but not used. Will send immediately upon order--that's a promise!

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9780395788844 | Houghton Mifflin College Div, September 1, 1997, cover price $71.95 | About this edition: Textbook bought but not used.

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Describes life in the Confederate South during the years 1861-1865, discussing battles, political leaders, government, the role of Indians, Blacks, and women, literature, education, religion, and music

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9780132759915 | Macmillan Library Reference, November 1, 1993, cover price $425.00 | About this edition: Describes life in the Confederate South during the years 1861-1865, discussing battles, political leaders, government, the role of Indians, Blacks, and women, literature, education, religion, and music

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Product Description: Book by
By Paul D. Escott (editor)

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9780807117736 | Louisiana State Univ Pr, September 1, 1992, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Book by

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