Call for Papers

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Manuscripts are being solicited for The Journal of the Civil War Era. All material should be double spaced and not exceed 10,000 to 11,000 words, including notes.

Electronic submissions are welcome, but please include an attachment that serves as a cover letter with contact information.

Manuscript submissions and inquiries about guidelines should be sent to William Blair, Editor, The Journal of the Civil War Era, at wab120@psu.edu.

Queries concerning book reviews should go to Judith Giesberg at judith.giesberg
@villanova.edu.

The editorial home for the journal is the Richards Civil War Era Center, The Pennsylvania State University, 108 Weaver Building, University Park, PA 16802.

Previous Issue – Vol 1, No. 3

The Journal of the Civil War Era

Volume 1, Number 3
September 2011

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Articles

Jon Grinspan

“Sorrowfully Amusing”: The Popular Comedy of the Civil War

Joan E. Cashin

Trophies of War: Material Culture in the Civil War Era

Anne E. Marshall

The 1906 Uncle Tom’s CabinLaw and the Politics of Race and Memory in Early-Twentieth-Century Kentucky

Review Essay

Wayne Wei-Siang Hsieh

Total War and the American Civil War Reconsidered:The End of an Outdated “Master Narrative”

Book Reviews

Books Received

Professional Notes

Barbara Franco

Planned Commemorations: Unexpected Consequences

Notes on Contributors

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