The Civil War Era and Reconstruction by Mary Ellen SnodgrassCall Number: Ref E468 .S65 2011 (2 vols.)
ISBN: 9780765682574
Publication Date: 2011-09-15
This illustrated two-volume set provides an in-depth view of the non-military history of the Civil War and Reconstruction, covering the years 1861-1877. The encyclopedia takes a broad, multidisciplinary approach to the history of the period. It includes general and specific entries on politics and business, labor, industry, agriculture, education and youth, law and legislative affairs, literature, music, the performing and visual arts, health and medicine, science and technology, exploration, life on the Western frontier, family life, slave life, Native American life, women, and more than a hundred influential individuals.