Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-109) and index.
Contents:
Agriculture -- Blockades and blockade-runners -- Costume and dress -- Cotton -- Daily life -- Economy of the North -- Economy of the South -- Family life -- Food -- Home front, Confederate -- Home front, Union -- Houses and furniture -- Immigrants -- Industry -- Invention and technology -- Literature -- Money and banking -- Plantation life -- Railroads -- Rural life -- Schools and education -- Smuggling and piracy -- Trade -- Transportation -- Urban life -- Women -- Glossary.
Summary:
"In an alphabetical almanac format, describes the civilian life during the U.S. Civil War"--Provided by publisher.
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