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Daily lives of civilians in wartime early America : from the colonial era to the Civil War

Title: Daily lives of civilians in wartime early America : from the colonial era to the Civil War / edited by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler.
Publication: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.

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xxix, 248 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

Summary

While soldiers were off fighting on the fields of war, civilians on the home front fought their own daily struggles, sometimes removed from the violence but often enough from deep within the maelstrom of conflict. Chapters provide readers with an excellent, detailed description of how women, children, slaves, and Native Americans coped with privation and looming threat, and how they often used, or tried to use, periods of turmoil to their own advantage. While it is the soldiers who are often remembered for their strength, honor, and courage, it is the civilians who keep life going during wartime. This volume presents the lives of these brave citizens during the early colonial era, the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. This volume begins with Armstrong Starkey's detailed description of wartime life during the American Colonial era, beginning with the Jamestown, VA settlement of 1607. Among his discussions of civilian lives during the Pequot War, King Philip's War, and the Seven Years' War, Starkey also examines Native American attitudes regarding war, Puritan lives, and Salem witchcraft and its connection to war. Wayne E. Lee continues with his chapter on the American Revolution, investigating how difficult it was for civilians to choose sides, including a telling look at soldier recruitment strategies. He also surveys how inflation and shortages adversely affected civilians, in addition to disease, women's roles, slaves, and Native Americans as civilians. Richard V. Barbuto discusses the War of 1812, taking a close look at life on the ever-expanding frontier, rural homes and families, and jobs and education in city life. Gregory S. Hospodor observes American life during the Mexican War, examining how that conflict amplified domestic tensions caused by sharply divided but closely-held beliefs about national expansion and slavery. Continuing, James Marten looks at southern life in the South during the Civil War, examining the constant burden of supporting Confederate armies or coping with invading northern ones. Paul A. Cimbala concludes this volume with a look at northerner's lives during the Civil War, offering an outstanding essay on a home front mobilized for a titanic struggle, and how the war, no matter how remote, became omnipresent in daily life.

Series Statement

Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series. Daily lives of civilians during wartime

Uniform Title

Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series. Daily lives of civilians during wartime.

Alternative Title

Civilians in wartime early America

Subjects

Genre/Form

History.
Military history.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Chronology of principal events -- Wartime Colonial America / Armstrong Starkey -- The American Revolution / Wayne E. Lee -- America's War of 1812 / Richard V. Barbuto -- The American home front in the Mexican War / Gregory S. Hospodor -- A very sad life : civilians in the Confederacy / James Marten -- The northern home front during the Civil War / Paul A. Cimbala.

Call Number

E181

ISBN

0313335265
9780313335266

LCCN

2006030403

OCLC

71348705

Title

Daily lives of civilians in wartime early America : from the colonial era to the Civil War / edited by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler.

Imprint

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series. Daily lives of civilians during wartime

Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series. Daily lives of civilians during wartime.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Chronological Term

To 1900

Added Author

Heidler, David Stephen, 1955-

Heidler, Jeanne T.

Research Call Number

*R-USLHG E181 .D23 2007

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