Trailblazing essays on the home front from Civil War History For more than sixty years the journal Civil War History has presented the best original scholarship in the study of America’s greatest struggle. Civil War History Readers reintroduce the most influential articles published in the journal. From military command; strategy and tactics; to political leadership; race; abolitionism; the draft; and women’s issues; as well as the war’s causes; its aftermath; and Reconstruction; Civil War History has published fresh and provocative analyses of the determining aspects of America’s “middle period.†In this fourth volume of the series; editor J. Matthew Gallman includes sixteen pioneering essays by Daniel E. Sutherland ; Gary Gallagher; James Marten; Alice Fahs; and other scholars that examine the Civil War home front. Topics include voluntarism; science and medicine; communities at war; recruitment and conscription; welfare; dissent; and nationalism; and literature and society. Gallman’s introduction assesses the significance of each article in providing a clearer understanding of the era.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A must for lovers of cheese or history or both!By CustomerOne of my favorite books I have read about food and history. I appreciated Professor Kindstedt's approach to writing. This is not pop history; it is the real deal. He artfully tells an expansive global history with cheese as the leitmotif; touching on everything from empire building; to the gendered and classed history of food making to industrialization and globalization. As a graduate with a degree in history as well as a serious lover of cheese; I found this book a joy to read from beginning to end.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Ought to be entitled "Cheese and Commerce"By Israel RamirezThe author does a good job of covering the development of technologies that allowed cheese to be stored for long periods and shipped easily but does not provide much coverage of culinary aspects of cheese. In this book; history starts in the Middle East and then moves West and North; eventually going to England and the USA. We do learn that ancient peoples used grated cheese in cakes and wine but we don't learn how subsequent people ate cheese. The focus on cheese production and commerce is so strong that the reader can come away with the impression that Gouda and Edam cheeses differ principally in their coatings. The history ends at the beginning of the 20th Century with a discussion of Cheddar Cheese production in the USA and a discussion of recent trade disputes between the USA and the EU and safety issues.Lots of topics were left out. Geographical coverage is limited. Most European countries; Latin America; and the non-ancient Middle Eastern countries do not get mentioned (India is briefly mentioned). Products like cottage cheese that don't keep long don't get much attention. How cheese was used in recipes was not mentioned.To be fair I did learn some interesting things. For example; some ancient religions expected cheese tithes. Ancient Roman soldiers got cheese rations.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Cheese is so ubiquitous - never knew its historyBy willearnestNot quite at the popular level; this a good history of something I think we don't even think of. That the history is so long was the surprise to me.
