Promotional Information

A 1995 Choice Outstanding Academic Book

About the Author

Nina Silber is professor of history at Boston University. She is author or editor of five other books, including The Romance of Reunion: Northerners and the South, 1865-1900 (from the University of North Carolina Press).

Reviews

Anyone interested in post-Civil War reunion, Northern images of the South, or the study of patriotism and nationalism should read [it]."Civil War History"

�A� fascinating study of cultural history."Boston Globe"

�H�er imaginative delineation of Northern attitudes toward the postbellum South has brought new approaches and insights to that subject."North Carolina Historical Review"

Informative, persuasively argued, and offering valuable insight into cultural shifts that helped shape the U.S. at a critical moment ."Kirkus Reviews"

"Anyone interested in post-Civil War reunion, Northern images of the South, or the study of patriotism and nationalism should read [it]."Civil War History""

"Informative, persuasively argued, and offering valuable insight into cultural shifts that helped shape the U.S. at a critical moment ."Kirkus Reviews""

[A] fascinating study of cultural history."Boston Globe"

[H]er imaginative delineation of Northern attitudes toward the postbellum South has brought new approaches and insights to that subject."North Carolina Historical Review"

A fine work of social history that will appeal to both the general reader and the scholar."Booklist"