01524cam a2200217   4500001000500000005001700005010001700022020002800039020003100067082001400098100002300112245009100135260003900226300004000265440003000305440004600335504006400381505051500445520032200960650002401282781020181127184426.0  a  2006020068  a0816038678 (alk. paper)  a9780816038671 (alk. paper)00a973.62221 aSelcer, Richard F.10aCivil War America, 1850 to 1875 /cRichard F. Selcer ; Richard Balkin, general editor.  aNew York :bFacts On File,cc2006.  axix, 540 p. :bill., maps ;c29 cm. 0aAlmanacs of American life 0aFacts on File library of American history  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 481-498) and index.0 aClimate, 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.  a"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." 0aAlmanacs, American.