Instituting science

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Herbert C. Covey and Dwight Eisnach

Drawing from narratives of former slaves collected as part of the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), How the Slaves Saw the Civil War presents first-hand testimony in the former slaves' own words about their lives before, during, and following the Civil War. By examining these remarkable and unique narratives, we can better understand what life was truly like for slaves. Because most slaves could not read or write, their perspective on the unfolding history of the war had been relatively unknown until these narratives were originally collected in the 1930s and 1940s. This book extracts the most cogent and compelling tales from the documentation of former slaves' seldom-heard voices on the events leading up to, during, and following the war. The works's two introductory chapters focus on the WPA's narratives and living conditions under slavery. The remaining chapters address key topics such as slave loyalties to either or both sides of the conflict, key battles, participation in the Union and /or Confederate armies, the day Union forces came, slave contact with key historical figures, and emancipation--and what came after. Complementing the text itself, Herbert C. Covey and Dwight Eisnach have included a selection of fascinating images of the time, as well as providing an extensive bibliography of other reliable sources appropriate for further research by general readers, academics specializing in African American history, and Civil War buffs alike. -- Inside jacket flaps.

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James MacGregor Burns

The divisions between a man of ideals and a protector of presidential authority is the focus of this detailed study of Roosevelt during the difficult war years.

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Timothy Reese Cain

"Today, academic freedom is a core value in American higher education, and tenure is its primary protection. Yet modern understandings of faculty rights and responsibilities did not arise without difficulties; they were debated and defined by American academics in the decades leading up to World War II. Conditional agreements during this period set the stage for modern conditions of faculty work and fundamental elements of American higher education. Through its examination of the development and experiences of academic freedom and tenure--and, especially, the activities of the professional, voluntary, and labor organizations that battled over their establishment--this book provides the historical context necessary for understanding modern debates over academic freedom, tenure, and the widespread casualization of academic labor"--

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Walter F. Murphy

Near the end of World War II, an American agent is sent to Rome on a bogus mission to keep the Germans from realizing that the British had broken their secret Enigma code.