This collection of essays represents the best recent history written on Civil War activity in Arkansas. It illuminates the complexity of such issues as guerrilla warfare; Union army policies; and the struggles hetween white and black civilians and soldiers; and also shows that the war years were a time of great change and personal conflict for the citizens of the state; despite the absence of "great" battles or armies. All the essays; which have been previously published in scholarly journals; have been revised to reflect recent scholarship in the field. Each selection explores a military or social dimension of the war that has been largely ignored or which is unique to the war in Arkansas—gristmill destruction; military farm colonies; nitre mining operations; mountain clan skirmishes; federal plantation experiments; and racial atrocities and reprisals. Together; the essays provoke thought on the character and cost of the war away from the great battlefields and suggest the pervasive change wrought by its destructiveness. In the cogent introduction Daniel E. Sutherland and Anne J. Bailey set the historiographic record of the Civil War in Arkansas; tracing a line from the first writings through later publications to our current understanding. As a volume in The Civil War in the West series; Civil War Arkansas elucidates little-known but significant aspects of the war; encouraging new perspectives on them and focusing on the less studied western theater. As such; it will inform and challenge both students and teachers of the American Civil War.
#1140480 in Books Northeastern 1998-05-07Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.02 x .49 x 5.98l; .73 #File Name: 1555533507224 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Synopsis and ReviewBy Nick and LaurenSynopsis: This book offers a wealth of primary sources on women's experiences in colonial American. Carol Berkin and Leslie Horowitx gather together a broad spectrum of documents that crosscuts race; class; and region; presenting the voices of African American; European; and Native American women; the rich and the poor; and the women in the south; the middle colonies and New England. (from the back of the book)Review: This book appeared in the bibliography of every single book I've read on women in colonial America. I figured; I should read it. I'm glad I did. Organized by subjects; each chapter each chapter beings with a short exposition of the subject and the general overview. It's followed by reprints of a variety of documents; each with a short explanation. This makes it easy to understand what you are reading; as colonial English can be a bit challenging to the modern reader. I enjoyed Berkin and Horowitz opinions; and the way they attempted to included everyone; not just the white elite. They were honest about the lack of documents from Native American and Negro sources; doing their best to include what they had. I recommend this book as a good starting point for study about colonial females.
