A Nation Transformed: How the Civil War Changed America Forever
A Fresh Approach to the Second American Revolution
Called America's second revolution by some historians, the Civil War produced many changes that went far beyond military matters. In many respects, a different nation emerged from the conflict than the one that entered it. Professor William Hesseltine accurately described the war as "the fiery crucible in which the old nation was melted down and out of which modern America was poured." Nothing—from the nature of the presidency to the nature of social life, from how war was conducted to how public opinion was managed—escaped that fiery crucible. A Nation Transformed is a comprehensive look at how the conflict changed the growing nation. Readers will be surprised at how deeply the war affected the United States, which was indeed transformed by it and would never again be the same.
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Book details
- Author
- Gerald S. Henig, Eric Niderost
- Imprint
- Cumberland House Publishing, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 496
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- History › United States › Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Topics
- Civil War history · American transformation · Reconstruction era · Abraham Lincoln · emancipation and slavery · military history · American politics · social change
- ISBN-13
- 9781581825794
About the authors
GERALD S. HENIG is professor emeritus of history at California State University, East Bay, where he taught for 39 years. His recent books include America’s Presidents: What Your History Teacher Never Told You, A Nation Transformed and Civil War Firsts: The Legacies of America’s Bloodiest Conflict.
Henig received the Outstanding Professor Award and the Pi Kappa Delta Best Lecturer Award four times. He earned his B.A. from Brooklyn College and advanced degrees from the University of Wisconsin and City University of New York. America’s Presidents was named a Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Book of 2024.
ERIC NIDEROST is a history professor at Chabot College in Hayward, California, and a freelance writer who has published nearly 300 articles on American, European, and ancient history. His recent books include Sonnets and Sunspots: 'Dr. Research' Baxter and the Bell Science Films and A Nation Transformed: How the Civil War Changed America Forever.
Niderost’s work has appeared in Warfare History Network, HistoryNet, and Navy Times. He is a Cal State East Bay alumnus.
Eric lives in Union City, California.