Selcer, Richard F. <br/><br/>
Civil War America, 1850 to 1875 / 
Richard F. Selcer ; Richard Balkin, general editor. 
 - New York :  Facts On File,  c2006. 
 - xix, 540 p. :  ill., maps ;  29 cm. 
 - Almanacs of American life Facts on File library of American history .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 481-498) and index. 
<br/><br/>Climate, natural history, and historical geography -- Disasters, natural and human-made -- Native American life -- Chronology, 1850-1875 -- The economy -- Transportation -- Population -- Religion -- Government and politics -- The Civil War -- States and territories -- Major cities -- Representative Americans -- Education -- Arts, letters, music, and theater -- Architecture and design -- Science and technology -- Medicine and psychiatry -- Popular culture -- Crime, vice, and violence -- Selected documents. 
<br/><br/> "Covers American history during the Civil War and  Reconstruction. Numerous statistical tables, charts, maps,  photographs, and illustrations reveal the diverse aspects  of everyday life in Civil War America - from record-keeping  and the gathering of statistics to the overhaul of the  nation's financial structure." 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0816038678 (alk. paper) 9780816038671 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006020068 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Almanacs, American.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.6