The political history of the Civil War era has seen something of a renaissance in recent years. Scholarly debates that had once been thought old and stale have been reopened with renewed vigor. In monographs, articles, symposia, and book reviews, historians are now contesting the meaning of politics in the Civil War years, the utility of two-party competition to the northern war effort, and whether or not most nineteenth-century Americans actually cared much at all about politics. The diary of Sidney George Fisher offers ...
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The political history of the Civil War era has seen something of a renaissance in recent years. Scholarly debates that had once been thought old and stale have been reopened with renewed vigor. In monographs, articles, symposia, and book reviews, historians are now contesting the meaning of politics in the Civil War years, the utility of two-party competition to the northern war effort, and whether or not most nineteenth-century Americans actually cared much at all about politics. The diary of Sidney George Fisher offers many first-hand insights into some of the most important political events of the mid-nineteenth century, and is thus useful for addressing many current historiographical debates. At the same time, social, cultural, military, and intellectual historians will also find Fisher's diary beneficial. Fisher recounts, in wonderful detail, his daily life in Philadelphia and its suburbs, one of the most important regions of nineteenth-century America. His personal diary should find a wide readership among Civil War scholars, local historians, political historians, political scientists, Civil War buffs, and anyone interested in Philadelphia history or the Civil War.Sidney George Fisher's diary kept not only a record of his daily routine, but also an account and analysis of current events in the United States. Indeed, on November 9, 1861, he remarked, "My diary has become little else than a record of the events of the war, which occupies all thoughts and conversation." The "record of the events" contained in this volume is a truly significant wartime testimony, and scholars of nineteenth-century America are fortunate to have it reissued in the twenty-first century. It is thethoughts and conversations Fisher set dow
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New. An aristocratic member of a prominent Philadelphia family, Sidney George Fisher was a prolific man of letters. He kept a diary that chronicled not only daily life in America's second city but also the key political, social, and cultural events of the 19th century. This book talks about the Fisher's diary written during the Civil War. Editor(s): White, Jonathan W. Series: North's Civil War. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: BG; DNJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 423. 2007. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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New. An aristocratic member of a prominent Philadelphia family, Sidney George Fisher was a prolific man of letters. He kept a detailed diary that chronicled not only daily life in America's second city but also the key political, social, and cultural events of the 19th century. This book talks about the Fisher's diary written during the Civil War. Editor(s): White, Jonathan W. Series: North's Civil War. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: BG; DNJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 539. 2007. Hardback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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