The American Civil War A Handbook of Literature and Research

Subjects:

• History » American Civil War & Reconstruction History
• Military Studies » Military History

Awards:

• Choice Outstanding Academic Book, 1997
• Reference and User Services Association of the ALA (RUSA), Best Bibliography in History, 1998

Reviews:

• Woodworth's handbook is an excellent guide through the immense bibliography of America's greatest conflict. More than 45 specialists provide bibliographic essays on a wide range of topics...Many of the substantial essays are important not only for their bibliographic content, but for their analysis of the changing themes and trends of Civil War scholarship....Scope and quality make this an ideal reference text for students, bibliographers, scholars, and curators of Civil War materials. Highly recommended.
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  Choice
• This massive work has 47 contributors, all distinguished scholars on the period...This book is intended to guide both the neophyte and experienced Civil War scholar. The essays show trends and changes in historical interpretations and sometimes even mention areas in need of further research... It is current and extensive in its coverage. Academic, public, and Civil War collections should consider this excellent reference source for their collections.
  —Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
• [This work] is essential for Civil War specialists and highly recommended even for enthusiasts only slightly past the neophyte stage.... [It] is so readable and so impressively informative that [it] could be enjoyed in and of [itself], as well as used from time to time as [a] reference tool--as [it] no doubt will be by all serious scholars.... Woodworth's work...is simply a treasure-trove of Civil War knowledge, going well beyond the boundaries of books.... It is hard to say enough about how important and useful [this book is] and how important it is that all Civil War enthusiasts should know about [it]. I guarantee they'll treasure [it].
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  Civil War Times
• Woodworth has orchestrated the contributions of librarians, museum curators, and historians, forty-nine strong, into a bibliographic guide that will help both the newcomer and the seasoned Civil War researcher sift through the masses of material published about that conflict, its causes, its conduct, and its aftermath.... the Civil War, at least for researchers, begins henceforth with Woodworth's handbook.
  —Rettig on Reference
• This book will guide the reader to works and sources that will be valuable in a particular area of study. It should serve those who are turning their attention to one of its many facets they haven't yet explored....Using this book should save students of the War, new or experienced, false starts and wasted effort, and speed them on their way to the productive examination of America's "fiery trial"...
  —Confederate Veteran
• The expertise, care, and clarity evident in [this] work will benefit researchers from beginners to scholars in all types of libraries.
  —Reference & User Services Quarterly
• [I]mmensely valuable as [a] reference work. Steven Woodworth [has] provided [a] guide that will help professional historians and beginners sort out Civil War literature. [This] indispensible volume should be included in every Civil War library.
  —The Journal of Southwest Georgia History

Table of Contents:

• Foreword by James M. McPherson
• Preface
• Introduction
• General Secondary Sources
• Surveys and Textbooks by Steven E. Woodworth
• General Reference Works by Daniel E. Sutherland
• Bibliographies By T. Michael Parrish
• Periodical Indexes by Alan C. Aimone
• Genealogical Sources by Alan C. Aimone
• General Primary Sources
• Memoirs, Diaries, and Letters by Judith Lee Hallock
• Published Papers by Michael L. Renshawe
• Unpublished Manuscript Collections by Steven Fisher
• Illustrative Materials
• Maps, Charts, and Atlases by David Bosse
• Photographs and Drawings by Charles Edmund Vetter and Gary Dillard Joiner
• Causation--Events Leading to the War
• Slavery, Race, and Culture by Eric H. Walther
• Constitutional and Political Factors by Frederick J. Blue
• Economic Factors by James M. Russell
• International Relations
• Union International Relations by Daniel K. Blewett
• Confederate International Relations by Warren F. Spencer
• Leaders
• Abraham Lincoln by Mark Neely
• Jefferson Davis by Michael Ballard
• Union Civilian Leaders by Alan C. Guelzo
• Confederate Civilian Leaders by Robert England
• Strategy and Tactics: Operations, Campaigns, and Battles
• Eastern Theater by Stephen Davis
• Western Theater by Mark Grimsley
• Trans-Mississippi Theater by Anne J. Bailey
• War On Inland Waters by B. Franklin Cooling
• War at Sea by Stephen R. Wise, Robert Holcombe, Jr., and Kevin Foster
• Conduct of the War
• Leadership--Union Army Officers by John Marszalek
• Leadership--Confederate Army Officers by Grady McWhiney
• Leadership--Union Naval Officers by Thomas V. Legg
• Leadership--Confederate Naval Officers by Theodore P. Savas
• Modern War/Total War by Mark Grimsley
• Ordnance by Alan Downs
• Supplies by Edward Carr Franks
• Intelligence Activities by William Feis
• Medical Activities by J. Harris Riley
• Enlisted Soldiers by William Garrett Piston
• Prison Camps and Prisoners of War by Michael B. Chesson
• The Homefront
• Northern States and Local Politics by Kyle S. Sinisi
• Southern States and Local Politics by Bradley Bond
• Industry, Agriculture, and the Economy by Lee A. Craig
• Northern Social Conditions by J. Matthew Gallman
• Southern Social Conditions by Bill Cecil-Fronsman
• Reconstruction and Beyond
• Southern Occupation by Richard Zuczek
• Economics by Howard Bodenhorn
• Emancipation, Freedom, and the Freedman's Bureau by James Alex Bagget
• Veterans' Organizations and Memories of the War by Gaines M. Foster
• Popular Media
• Novels and Other Fictional Accounts by Sharon Gravett
• Films and Television by Brian Steel Wills
• Narrative and Musical Recordings by Susan Hamburger
• Appendix: Publishers and Dealers of Civil War Literature by T. Michael Parrish
• Author Index
• Title Index
• Subject Index