DESCRIPTION:
Harper's Weekly was one of the most important serials of nineteenth-century America, because it provided detailed information about cultural, military, political, and social issues. Its illustrations helped readers visualize current events. Its editorials were a major force in shaping public opinion in the North. The three parts of HarpWeek, an indexed, full-text database of Harper^s Weekly, provide searchable access to the events, people, and culture of the Civil War Era, 1857-1865; Reconstruction I, 1866-1871; Reconstruction II, 1872-1877.

ACCESS: On campus

FULL-TEXT: Yes

SUBJECT COVERAGE:
History; American South; American Studies

YEARS: 1857-1876
Print Indexes Available: Jan. 15, 1865; Feb. 4, 1865; Microfilm: v.1 (1857)-62(1916)

VENDOR: Harper's Weekly

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Last Update: January 10, 2006