Authors: David Goldfield
Copyright © 2011 by David Goldfield
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Goldfield, David R., 1944â
America aflame : how the Civil War created a nation / David Goldfield. â 1st U.S. ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 978-1-59691-702-6 (hardcover)
1. United StatesâHistoryâCivil War, 1861â1865âInfluence. 2. United StatesâHistoryâCivil
War, 1861â1865âCauses. 3. United StatesâHistoryâCivil War, 1861â1865âCampaigns. 4.
United StatesâHistoryâCivil War, 1861â1865âSocial aspects. 5. National characteristics,
American. I. Title.
E468.9.G685 2011
973.7'11âdc22
2010025241
First published in the United States by Bloomsbury Press in 2011
This e-book edition published in 2011
E-book ISBN: 978-1-60819-374-5