Creating a National Home: Building the Veterans' Welfare State, 1860-1900

By Patrick J. Kelly

After the American Civil War many soldiers returned to civilian life still battling the lifelong effects of combat, and looked to the federal government for help. This text explores the origins of the National Home within the political culture of the US state formation, and the effects of war.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674175603
• ISBN13: 9780674175600
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"