Food and agriculture during the Civil War
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- ISBN: 9781440803253 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1440803250 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9781440803260 (eISBN)
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Physical Description:
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xvii, 216 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. - Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2016]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-208) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Expectations -- Power -- Certainty -- Discontent -- Plenty -- Want -- Bounty -- Despair -- Readjustment -- Aftermath. |
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Subject: | United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Food supply Agriculture United States History 19th century Agriculture Confederate States of America |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | E 468.9 .H87 2016 | 30775305519598 | General Collection | Available | - |
CHOICE_Magazine Review
Food and Agriculture During the Civil War
CHOICE
Copyright American Library Association, used with permission.
For 50 years, the "go to" monograph for an overview of agriculture during the US Civil War has been Agriculture and the Civil War, by Paul W. Gates (CH, Mar'66). That distinction passes now to this book by Hurt (history, Purdue), which incorporates recent scholarship, primary source research, and extensive use of contemporary publications that targeted agrarian readers. While the primary arrangement of Gates's work is geographic, Hurt approaches the topic chronologically. His 10 chapters address from Union, Confederate, and border state perspectives the war's impact on agriculture and how the ability to produce, process, and transport food, fiber, and livestock affected the conduct and outcome of the war. The presentation is formulaic at times, but the context that Hurt constructs is the work's principal strength. Institutions offering courses on the Civil War, Reconstruction, and southern history will also want to purchase Hurt's 2015 publication Agriculture and the Confederacy: Policy, Productivity, and Power in the Civil War South (CH, Aug'15, 52-6414). Food and Agriculture during the Civil War belongs in every academic library. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries. --Brady M. Banta, Arkansas State University