Starving the South

Starving the South
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : 9780312601812
ISBN-13 : 0312601816
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Starving the South by : Andrew F. Smith

'From the first shot fired at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, to the last shot fired at Appomattox, food played a crucial role in the Civil War. In Starving the South, culinary historian Andrew Smith takes a fascinating gastronomical look at the war and its aftermath. At the time, the North mobilized its agricultural resources, fed its civilians and military, and still had massive amounts of food to export to Europe. The South did not; while people starved, the morale of their soldiers waned and desertions from the Army of the Confederacy increased.....' (Book Jacket)

Treasure and Empire in the Civil War

Treasure and Empire in the Civil War
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 285
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ISBN-10 : 9781476651521
ISBN-13 : 1476651523
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Treasure and Empire in the Civil War by : Neil P. Chatelain

Across North America's periphery, unknown and overlooked Civil War campaigns were waged over whether the United States or Confederacy would dominate lands, mines, and seaborne transportation networks of North America's mineral wealth. The U.S. needed this wealth to stabilize their wartime economy while the Confederacy sought to expand their own treasury. Confederate armies advanced to seize the West and its gold and silver reserves, while warships steamed to intercept Panama route ships transporting bullion from California to Panama to New York. United States forces responded by expelling Confederate incursions and solidified territorial control by combating Indigenous populations and enacting laws encouraging frontier settlement. The U.S. Navy patrolled key ports, convoyed treasure ships, and integrated continent-wide intelligence networks in the ultimate game of cat and mouse. This book examines the campaigns to control North America's mineral wealth, linking the Civil War's military, naval, political, diplomatic and economic elements. Included are the hemispheric land and sea adventures involving tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt, admiral and explorer Charles Wilkes, renowned sea captain Raphael Semmes, General Henry Sibley, cowboy and mountain man Kit Carson, Indigenous leaders Mangas Coloradas and Geronimo, writer and miner Mark Twain, and Mormon leader Brigham Young.

Jews and the Civil War

Jews and the Civil War
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 446
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ISBN-10 : 9780814771136
ISBN-13 : 0814771130
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Jews and the Civil War by : Jonathan D. Sarna

"An erotic scandal chronicle so popular it became a byword... Expertly tailored for contemporary readers. It combines scurrilous attacks on the social and political celebritites of the day, disguised just enough to exercise titillating speculatuion, with luscious erotic tales." —Belles Lettres This story concerns the return of to earth of the goddess of Justice, Astrea, to gather information about private and public behavior on the island of Atalantis. Manley drew on her experience as well as on an obsessive observation of her milieu to produce this fast paced narrative of political and erotic intrigue.

The Great Tax Wars

The Great Tax Wars
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 436
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ISBN-10 : 9780743243810
ISBN-13 : 0743243811
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis The Great Tax Wars by : Steven R. Weisman

A major work of history, The Great Tax Wars is the gripping, epic story of six decades of often violent conflict over wealth, power, and fairness that gave America the income tax. It's the story of a tumultuous period of radical change, from Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War through the progressive era under Theodore Roosevelt and ending with Woodrow Wilson and World War I. During these years of upheaval, America was transformed from an agrarian society into a mighty industrial nation, great fortunes were amassed, farmers and workers rebelled, class war was narrowly averted, and America emerged as a global power. The Great Tax Wars features an extraordinary cast of characters, including the men who built the nation's industries and the politicians and reformers who battled them -- from J. P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie to Lincoln, T.R., Wilson, William Jennings Bryan, and Eugene Debs. From their ferocious battles emerged a more flexible definition of democracy, economic justice, and free enterprise largely framed by a more progressive tax system. In this groundbreaking book, Weisman shows how the ever controversial income tax transformed America and how today's debates about the tax echo those of the past.

Civil War Treasury

Civil War Treasury
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Publisher : Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Total Pages : 440
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ISBN-10 : WISC:89062315742
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Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Civil War Treasury by : Albert A. Nofi

A miscellany of arms, artillery, facts and figures, legends and lore.

Men and Measures of Half a Century

Men and Measures of Half a Century
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 586
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105004912924
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Men and Measures of Half a Century by : Hugh McCulloch

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 784
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ISBN-10 : UCD:31175003751107
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Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Battles and Leaders of the Civil War by : Robert Underwood Johnson

April 1865

April 1865
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 9780062029201
ISBN-13 : 0062029207
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis April 1865 by : Jay Winik

One month in 1865 witnessed the frenzied fall of Richmond, a daring last-ditch Southern plan for guerrilla warfare, Lee's harrowing retreat, and then, Appomattox. It saw Lincoln's assassination just five days later and a near-successful plot to decapitate the Union government, followed by chaos and coup fears in the North, collapsed negotiations and continued bloodshed in the South, and finally, the start of national reconciliation. In the end, April 1865 emerged as not just the tale of the war's denouement, but the story of the making of our nation. Jay Winik offers a brilliant new look at the Civil War's final days that will forever change the way we see the war's end and the nation's new beginning. Uniquely set within the larger sweep of history and filled with rich profiles of outsize figures, fresh iconoclastic scholarship, and a gripping narrative, this is a masterful account of the thirty most pivotal days in the life of the United States.