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Title:

Home front and the economy / [managing editor, Tim Cooke].

Publisher:

Brown Bear Books,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

112 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

United States--Economic aspects--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects--Encyclopedias, Juvenile.
United States--Economic conditions--To 1865--Encyclopedias, Juvenile.
United States--Social conditions--To 1865--Encyclopedias, Juvenile.

Other Authors:

Cooke, Tim, 1961-

Notes:

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.

Series:

Curriculum connections. Civil War

ISBN:

1936333457 (library binding)
9781936333455 (library binding)

LCCN:

2011005399

Locations:

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

DDPC173 -- Rockwell Public Library (Rockwell)