The Romance of Reunion
Northerners and the South, 1865-1900
By Nina Silber
272 pp., 6 x 9, 13 illus., notes, bibl., index
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Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-4685-8
Published: September 1997 -
E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-0-8078-6448-7
Published: November 2000 -
E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-6878-7
Published: November 2000
Civil War America
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Awards & distinctions
A 1995 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
About the Author
Nina Silber is professor of history at Boston University. She is author or editor of seven other books, including The Romance of Reunion: Northerners and the South, 1865-1900 (from the University of North Carolina Press).
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Reviews
"Complex and compelling. . . . Anyone interested in post-Civil War reunion, Northern images of the South, or the study of patriotism and nationalism should read The Romance of Reunion."--Civil War History
"[A] fascinating study of cultural history."--Boston Globe
"A fine work of social history that will appeal to both the general reader and the scholar."--Booklist
"Informative, persuasively argued, and offering valuable insight into cultural shifts that helped shape the U.S. at a critical moment in its history."--Kirkus Reviews
"Readers will find that Silber in her imaginative delineation of Northern attitudes toward the postbellum South has brought new approaches and insights to that subject."--North Carolina Historical Review
"A splendid book, filled with descriptions of these gendered cultural symbols, a book that helps explain how images of relationships can reflect and refract political impulses."--masculinities