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| Subjects: History |
| Part of the Children and Youth in America Series |
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The Civil War is a much plumbed area of scholarship, so much so that at
times it seems there is no further work to be done in the field.
However, the experience of children and youth during that tumultuous
time remains a relatively unexplored facet of the conflict. Children and Youth during the Civil War Era
seeks a deeper investigation into the historical record by and giving
voice and context to their struggles and victories during this critical
period in American history.
Prominent historians and rising
scholars explore issues important to both the Civil War era and to the
history of children and youth, including the experience of orphans,
drummer boys, and young soldiers on the front lines, and even the impact
of the war on the games children played in this collection. Each essay
places the history of children and youth in the context of the sectional
conflict, while in turn shedding new light on the sectional conflict by
viewing it through the lens of children and youth. A much needed,
multi-faceted historical account, Children and Youth during the Civil War Era
touches on some of the most important historiographical issues with
which historians of children and youth and of the Civil War home front
have grappled over the last few years. |
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James
Marten is Professor and Chair of the History Department at Marquette University. He is
author or editor of more than a dozen books including The Children’s Civil
War and four NYU Press books: Children and War: A Historical Anthology;
Children in Colonial America; Children and Youth in a New Nation; and Children and Youth during the Civil War Era.
View all books by James Marten |
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| | “Children and Youth during the
Civil War Era brings together thirteen
excellent essays by both established and emerging scholars of children and the
Civil War. Offering both breadth
and depth and considering both images of childhood and children¹s own
experiences, the essays address slavery, sectionalism, war, emancipation,
reconstruction, and memory from multiple vantage points. A selection of
documents further enrich this anthology, which represents the burgeoning field
of childhood and youth in the Civil War era.” | | -Anya Jabour, author of Topsy-Turvy: How the Civil War Turned the World Upside Down for Southern Children |
| | "The anthology covers a wide range of subjects under the general rubric of children in the Civil War era. In so doing, it does much to address previous voids." | | -Wilma King, The North Carolina Historical Review |
| | "Many of the authors move beyond traditional historical sources to incorporate evidence from literature, visual art, and popular culture...highly recommended." | | -S. Ferentinos, CHOICE |
| | "This is a suggestive and moving volume...each essay seems rich with meaning." | | -Lyde Cullen Sizer |
| | "The essays in this volume provide an engaging look at the history of youth during a pivotal era in our nation's history and should spark fruitful class discussions as well as further historical inquiry and research." | | -The Journal of American History |
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