Joseph G. Iii Dawson

The Late 19th Century U.S. Army, 1865-1898

A Research Guide

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A strong addition to the existing military history reference literature and to its series. . . . Dawson's research guide is more useful than a standard bibliography, and much more thorough for the time period covered than [other] sources. . . . Dawson builds his guide around more than 1,100 bibliographic entries, many of which have brief, descriptive annotations. The citations, arranged topically in eight chapters, are drawn from books, periodicals, and dissertations. A ninth chapter covers pertinent government documents and manuscript collections. Author and subject indexes and four useful appendixes are included. There is a fine introductory essay: the preface lists and briefly describes 50 top secondary sources selected from the larger body of literature. These features truly enhance the bibliographic core of the book and make it a guide useful to general readers, upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and scholars. Choice The period between the Civil War and the end of the nineteenth century was a time of hard choices for the U.S. Army and those who led it. The federal government thrust numerous responsibilities upon the military, including pacifying the Indians, patrolling the defeated Confederacy, suppressing striking laborers, and supervising national parks. This comprehensive bibliography focuses on this period of military history, cataloging, surveying, and appraising the substantial body of contemporary and historical literature that traces the evolution of the U.S. Army from 1865 to 1898. As the largest single-volume reference work of its type, the book covers all major aspects of Army activities, and contains annotations on 80 percent of its entries. Following a series foreword by Roger J. Spiller and a brief introduction, the volume begins with an extensive survey of government documents and manuscript collections. Included here is a wide variety of U.S. government publications pertaining to the Army, many from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Subsequent chapters group sources under bibliographic topics, such as general secondary works, fiction, and memoirs and contemporary accounts, as well as under subjects that refer to the Army's activities. These include the Army and Reconstruction, the Indian-fighting Army, forts and post life, the late 19th century Army, and coastal defense. A series of appendixes provides a period chronology, list commanding generals and secretaries of war, and chart army strength. A set of author and subject indexes conclude the work. The Late 19th Century U.S. Army will be an important addition to the collections of public and academic libraries, and a useful resource tool for courses in U.S. history and military history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 605g
• ISBN-13: 9780313261466
• ISBN-10: 0313261466
• Artikelnr.: 25568394

Autorenporträt

Joseph G. Dawson III

Inhaltsangabe

Series Foreword by Roger J. Spiller Preface: Selecting the Top Secondary
Sources Introduction Government Documents and Manuscript Collections
General Secondary Works and References The Army and Reconstruction The
Indian-Fighting Army The Late 19th Century Army Memoirs and Contemporary
Accounts, Including Edited Letters and Diaries Forts and Post Life Coastal
Defense Selected Fiction Appendix A: Chronology, 1865-1898 Appendix B:
Commanding Generals of the U.S. Army, 1865-1898 Appendix C: Secretaries of
War, 1865-1898 Appendix D: Army Strength, 1865-1898 Author Index Subject
Index