A House Divided by Jonathan Wells

A House Divided by Jonathan Wells

This new edition of A House Divided provides a synthetic overview of one of the most complex eras in American history, giving students a solid grounding in the broad and varied scholarship on the American Civil War and introducing key historiographical debates in an accessible way.

A House Divided offers students of the Civil War era a sweeping interpretation of the defining crisis of America’s past that is readable and engaging from the first page to the last

• Don H. Doyle, University of South Carolina, author of The Cause of All Nations: An International History of the American Civil War (2014).

Jonathan Wells’ A House Divided expertly introduces readers to one of the most complex eras in American history. Wells’s engaging, comprehensive, and balanced text, peopled with a broad range of actors, guides us through the changes and the continuities of the Civil War. He explains the causes, nature, and outcomes of the conflict with remarkable cogency, guiding readers through historians’ debates, and rooting his story in the words and actions of the era’s most important voices.

• Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Fred C. Frey Professor of Southern Studies, Louisiana State University

Jonathan Wells' textbook synthesis of the Civil War era succeeds in the difficult task of incorporating new research with traditional themes. As a consequence, students get a readable, state-of-the-art survey of the Civil War era in its full complexity.

• Frank Towers, University of Calgary, author of Confederate Cities (2015)

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ISBN 13	9781138956858
ISBN 10	1138956856
Title	A House Divided
Author	Jonathan Wells
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2016-11-17
Number of pages	380
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.