The war that forged a nation why the Civil War still matters
"More than 140 years ago, Mark Twain observed that the Civil War had 'uprooted institutions that were centuries old, changed the politics of a people, transformed the social life of half the country, and wrought so profoundly upon the entire national character that the influence cannot be...
Main Author: | McPherson, James M. |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
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