Book description consolidating one of the most complex and multi faceted eras in american history this new edition of jonathan wellss a house divided unifies the broad and varied scholarship on the american civil war. A house divided the civil war and nineteenth century america by jonathan daniel wells 2012 01 19 jonathan daniel wells books amazonca. A house divided provides a short readable survey of the civil war and the reconstruction period afterward focusing not only on the battles but on how americans lived during a time of great upheaval in the countrys history and what that legacy has meant to the country today. Overview consolidating one of the most complex and multi faceted eras in american history this new edition of jonathan wellss a house divided unifies the broad and varied scholarship on the american civil war. A house divided provides a short readable survey of the civil war and the reconstruction period afterward focusing not only on the battles but on how americans lived during a time of great upheaval in the countrys history and what that legacy has meant to the country today