In the Cause of Liberty: How the Civil War Redefined American Ideals Book

This remarkable collection of essays by ten preeminent scholars of nineteenth-century America addresses the epochal impact of the Civil War in two ways: by examining the conflict in terms of three Americas—antebellum, wartime, and post-bellum; and by commenting upon the critical role that white northerners, white southerners, and African Americans in the North and South played during this transformative era. Through these differing and sometimes competing perspectives, In the Cause of Liberty astutely addresses crucial ongoing controversies at the epicenter of the cultural, political, and intellectual history of this critical period in American history. Contributors include James McPherson, Peter Onuf, Christina Dierksheide, Sean Wilentz Richard Carwardine, George Rable, Chandra Manning, Nina Silber, Fitzhugh Brundage and David Blight.