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In this wide-ranging volume, eminent historians John David Smith and Raymond Arsenault assemble a distinguished group of scholars to build on the growing body of work on the ""Long Civil War"" and break new ground. They cover a variety of related subjects, including antebellum missionary activity and colonialism in Africa, the home front, the experiences of disabled veterans in the US Army Veteran Reserve Corps, and Dwight D. Eisenhower's personal struggles with the war's legacy amid the growing civil rights movement. The contributors offer fresh interpretations and challenging analyses of topics such as ritualistic suicide among former Confederates after the war and whitewashing in Walt Disney Studios' historical Cold War - era movies. Featuring many leading figures in the field, The Long Civil War meaningfully expands the focus of mid-nineteenth-century history as it was understood by previous generations of historians. AUTHORS: John David Smith is Charles H. Stone Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of North Carolina--Charlotte. He is the author or editor of many books, including The Dunning School: Historians, Race, and the Meaning of Reconstruction. Raymond Arsenault is John Hope Franklin Professor of Southern History at the University of South Florida. He is the author of several acclaimed and prizewinning books, including Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice.

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An excellent collection of original, well researched, lucidly written, and forceful essays representing cutting edge scholarship that stretches the traditional boundaries of the American Civil War era. Individually, the essays stand on their own as some of the very best work by talented scholars. Taken together, the essays confirm the merit of approaching and interpreting the Civil War era in the most expansive ways possible. -- Michael Parrish, Linden G. Bowers Professor of American History at Baylor University The Long Civil War expands the range of what we consider the Civil War -- temporally, geographically, conceptually. It features exceptional, high-quality essays. -- Patrick A. Lewis, author of For Slavery and Union: Benjamin Buckner and Kentucky Loyalties in the Civil War

"" The Long Civil War expands the range of what we consider the Civil War -- temporally, geographically, conceptually. It features exceptional, high-quality essays."" -- Patrick A. Lewis, author of For Slavery and Union: Benjamin Buckner and Kentucky Loyalties in the Civil War ""An excellent collection of original, well researched, lucidly written, and forceful essays representing cutting edge scholarship that stretches the traditional boundaries of the American Civil War era. Individually, the essays stand on their own as some of the very best work by talented scholars. Taken together, the essays confirm the merit of approaching and interpreting the Civil War era in the most expansive ways possible."" -- Michael Parrish, Linden G. Bowers Professor of American History at Baylor University

The Long Civil War expands the range of what we consider the Civil War -- temporally, geographically, conceptually. It features exceptional, high-quality essays. -- Patrick A. Lewis, author of For Slavery and Union: Benjamin Buckner and Kentucky Loyalties in the Civil War An excellent collection of original, well researched, lucidly written, and forceful essays representing cutting edge scholarship that stretches the traditional boundaries of the American Civil War era. Individually, the essays stand on their own as some of the very best work by talented scholars. Taken together, the essays confirm the merit of approaching and interpreting the Civil War era in the most expansive ways possible. -- Michael Parrish, Linden G. Bowers Professor of American History at Baylor University

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John David Smith is the Charles H. Stone Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has written or edited thirty-one books, including An Old Creed for the New South:  Proslavery Ideology and Historiography, 1865-1918; Black Judas:  William Hannibal Thomas and The American Negro; Lincoln and the U.S. Colored Troops; Soldiering For Freedom:  How the Union Army Recruited, Trained, and Deployed the U.S. Colored Troops in the Civil War; and We Ask Only for Even-Handed Justice:  Black Voices from Reconstruction. Stanley Harrold, professor of history at South Carolina State University, is the author of Subversives: Antislavery Community in Washington, D.C., 1828-1865 and The Abolitionists and the South, 1831-1861.

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