The Civil War Lives On In Contemporary American Life. A Mini-course
It explains American identities, doesn't feel 160+ years ago.
Civil War Battle Re-enactment, Gettysburg, PA 2007 (Photo by Jim Buie)
Today’s debates echo the 1850s.
‘Why 1850 Doesn’t Feel So Very Far Away: Historian Joanne Freeman on today’s parallels with antebellum America.
‘How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America’ by Historian Heather Cox Richardson.
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