Reconstructing the Campus: Higher Education and the American Civil War

by Michael David Cohen

Book Overview

The Civil War transformed American life. Not only did thousands of men die on battlefields and millions of slaves become free; cultural institutions reshaped themselves in the context of the war and its aftermath. The first book to examine the Civil War's immediate and long-term impact on higher education, Reconstructing the Campus begins by tracing college communities' responses to the secession crisis and the outbreak of war. Students...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081393317X
• ISBN13: 9780813933177
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"