The Civil War and Reconstruction: A Documentary Collection

An ample, wide-ranging collection of primary sources, The Civil War and Reconstruction: A Documentary Collection, opens a window onto the political, social, cultural, economic, and military history from 1830 to 1877.

Particular attention is paid to social history; coverage of the experience of African Americans, women, and non-elites provides a well-rounded picture of the period.  Substantial selections, careful editing, and helpful annotations make this collection an ideal supplement for your course on the Civil War and Reconstruction.

• A Short History of Reconstruction, Updated Edition (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
• Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South
• Half Slave and Half Free, Revised Edition: The Roots of Civil War
• Abraham Lincoln, Slavery, and the Civil War: Selected Writing and Speeches (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)
• The American War: A History of the Civil War Era
• Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
• Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War (A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era)
• Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory
• Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil War and Reconstruction
• Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market