Civil War Boston : Home Front and Battlefield /

In this engaging volume, Thomas H. O'Connor examines the unique role that Boston and its inhabitants played in the Civil War and discusses the impact of the turbulent war years on the city's civilian population. His captivating narrative follows the experiences of four distinctive and sign...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: O'Connor, Thomas H., 1922-2012 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Northeastern University Press, an imprint of University Press of New England, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social aspects.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Massachusetts > Boston.
Boston (Mass.) > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Aspect social.
Boston (Mass.) > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession)
Boston (Mass.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Boston (Mass.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In this engaging volume, Thomas H. O'Connor examines the unique role that Boston and its inhabitants played in the Civil War and discusses the impact of the turbulent war years on the city's civilian population. His captivating narrative follows the experiences of four distinctive and significant groups of people who formed antebellum Boston-businessmen, Irish Catholic immigrants, African Americans, and women. Interweaving vivid portraits of the Boston community with major political and military events of the Civil War, O'Connor relates how the war forever changed lives, disrupted homes, alter.
Notas:Originally published in hardcover in 1997, and in paperback in 1999.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (328 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781611685640

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