ECON 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Secondary Source, Shelby Foote
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Primary source (1) this article presents a day to day account of the effect the civil war had on the peaceful traditional life emma simpson had. The entries are systematic and provide a realistic and exact first person account on the effects of the war on families. The book was used to establish the effects of the war on the soldiers and their families. The authors view is instrumental in understanding the civilians view and experience in the war period. An american iliad: the story of the civil war. Primary source (2) this article is a comprehensive study of the civil war by a celebrated historian of the conflict. It focuses on the war from the front lines. This book was used to comprehensively distinguish war from other human activities. It also provided useful insights on political, economic and social events at the time and their effects on the war.
