American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850-1873

by Alan Taylor

Book Overview

In a fast-paced narrative of soaring ideals and sordid politics, of civil war and foreign invasion, the award-winning historian Alan Taylor presents a pivotal twenty-year period in which North America's three largest countries--the United States, Mexico, and Canada--all transformed themselves into nations. The American Civil War stands at the center of the story, its military history and the drama of emancipation the highlights. Taylor relies on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 132411049X
• ISBN13: 9781324110491
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 560 Pages