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Homefronts and Battlefronts: "Hard War" and the Social Impact of the Civil War

David W. BlightPulitzer Prize WinnerYale University

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50:47·2008·introductory level

This lecture examines the shift in Civil War scholarship toward social history, focusing on the experiences of common soldiers, women, and African Americans. It discusses the war's economic and industrial impact on both Union and Confederate home fronts, alongside federal government activism.

HistoryModern History & GeopoliticsSocial HistoryHomefrontsEconomic Impact of War

The Civil War and Reconstruction (HIST 119)

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David W. BlightPulitzer Prize Winner

Pulitzer Prize for History · Sterling Professor of History · Yale University

David W. Blight is a Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian renowned for his definitive scholarship on the American Civil War and Reconstruction.

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