{"product_id":"new-york-times-disunion","title":"New York Times: Disunion","description":"\u003cb\u003eA major collection of modern commentary from scholars, historians, and Civil War buffs on the significant events of the Civil War, culled from \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times'\u003c\/i\u003e popular \u003ci\u003eDisunion\u003c\/i\u003e on-line journal. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Since its debut, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times'\u003c\/i\u003e acclaimed web journal entitled 'Disunion' has published hundreds of original articles and won multiple awards, including \"Best History Website\" from the New Media Institute and the History News Network. Following the chronology of the secession crisis and the Civil War, the contributors to \u003ci\u003eDisunion\u003c\/i\u003e, who include modern scholars, journalists, historians, and Civil War buffs, offer contemporary commentary and assessment of the Civil War as it unfolded chronologically.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now, this commentary has been gathered together and organized in one volume. In \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times: Disunion\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Ted Widmer has curated more than 100 articles that span events beginning with Lincoln's presidential victory through the Emancipation Proclamation. Topics include everything from Walt Whitman's wartime diary to the bloody guerrilla campaigns in Missouri and Kansas. Esteemed contributors include William Freehling, Adam Goodheart, and Edward Ayers, among others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book also compiles new essays that have not been published on the \u003ci\u003eDisunion\u003c\/i\u003e site by well-known historians such as David Blight, Gary Gallagher, and Drew Gilpin Faust. Topics include the perspective of African-American slaves and freed men on the war, the secession crisis in the Upper South, the war in the West (that is, past the Appalachians), the war in Texas, the international context, and Civil War-era cartography. Portraits, contemporary etchings, and detailed maps round out the book.","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44786714312883,"sku":"9781579129286","price":1720.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477297209781579129286.jpg?v=1762806845","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/new-york-times-disunion","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}