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100 1 _aSelcer, Richard F.
245 1 0 _aCivil War America, 1850 to 1875 /
_cRichard F. Selcer ; Richard Balkin, general editor.
260 _aNew York :
_bFacts On File,
_cc2006.
300 _axix, 540 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c29 cm.
440 0 _aAlmanacs of American life
440 0 _aFacts on File library of American history
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 481-498) and index.
505 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.
520 _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."
650 0 _aAlmanacs, American.
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