{"product_id":"a-peoples-history-of-the-civil-war-9781595587473","title":"A People’s History of the Civil War","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eBottom-up history at its very best, \u003ci\u003eA People’s History of the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e \"does for the Civil War period what Howard Zinn’s \u003ci\u003eA People’s History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e did for the study of American history in general\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e). Widely praised upon its initial release, it was described as \"meticulously researched and persuasively argued\" by the \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistorian David Williams has written the first account of the American Civil War though the eyes of ordinary people—foot soldiers, slaves, women, prisoners of war, draft resisters, Native Americans, and others. Richly illustrated with little-known anecdotes and first-hand testimony, this pathbreaking narrative moves beyond presidents and generals to tell a new and powerful story about America’s most destructive conflict.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA People’s History of the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e is \"readable social history\" that \"sheds fascinating light\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) on this crucial period. In so doing it recovers the long-overlooked perspectives and forgotten voices of one of the defining chapters of American history.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"David Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48284394750203,"sku":"9781595587473","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_c9876ec3-0613-4180-9864-1d82bd3b142b.jpg?v=1771413131","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/a-peoples-history-of-the-civil-war-9781595587473","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}