Synopsis
Whether it was planter patriarchs struggling to maintain authority, or Jewish families coerced by Christian evangelicalism, or wives and mothers left behind to care for slaves and children, the Civil War took a terrible toll. From the bustling sidewalks of Richmond to the parched plains of the Texas frontier, from the rich Alabama black belt to the Tennessee woodlands, no corner of the South went unscathed. Through the prism of the southern family, this volume of twelve original essays provides fresh insights into this watershed in American history.
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About Catherine Clinton
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Catherine Clinton
Born 1952
Catherine Clinton is the Denman Professor of American History at the University of Texas at San Antonio, a post she took up in August 2014. She continues as an international research professor in the School of History and Anthropology at her former university Queen's University Belfast. She specializes in American History, with an emphasis on the history of the South, the American Civil War, American women, and African American history. - Wikipedia
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