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This balanced, critical study reevaluates the place and importance of Civil War fiction in American literary history.

American literary history.
The American Civil War is widely recognized as the single most defining event in U.S. history, a time of tragic upheaval that greatly influenced the character of the nation and helped to chart its course for generations afterward. Much of the fiction focusing on the war not only has literary merit but also offers important views into the cultural, political, and socioeconomic conditions and nuances of the time. This collection of essays,...

In 1973, the Caribbean Community came into effect. With 15 full members and five associate members, CARICOM was first organized to provide a continued economic linkage between the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean, though it now includes Suriname and Haiti. Its goals include providing "dynamic leadership and service, in partnership with Community institutions and groups, towards the attainment of a viable, internationally competitive and sustainable Community, with improved quality of life for all." CARICOM, which involves a free-trade area/single market, strives to create new...

As a result of its size, history, immigration flows, and institutional complexity at the city, county, state, and national levels, the United States is characterized by disparate yet coexisting systems of political economy and labor policy. Some of the northeastern, midwestern, and western states have at times had a kind of "laborist capitalism" in which public policy and prominent employers acknowledged union power and legitimacy. In the South, things are different: Mississippi and South Carolina are among the states least hospitable to unionism. In such states, local business interests...