The Civil War on the Web or Microsoft SQL Server 2008

The Civil War on the Web: A Guide to the Very Best Sites

Author: Alice E Carter

About the Authors:

Alice E. Carter has served as Project Manager for The New York Times on the Web and is currently the Director of Project Management with Interactive Media Associates, an Internet consulting company.  Prior to these positions, she was Associate Director of the Virginia Center for Digital History of the University of Virginia.

Richard Jensen is professor emeritus of history at the University of Illinois-Chicago and research associate at the National Center for Supercomputer Applications.  In 1992, he founded H-Net, the groundbreaking and highly successful web-based book review and information source for the academic community.  Dr. Jensen has written extensively on using the web for historical research, and he has conducted computer research training programs all over the world.

The New York Times

This new book offers much-needed help. The authors give equal time to both the battlefield and the homefront, where important social, cultural and racial changes occurred.

Civil War Times Illustrated

If you buy only one book this year on the Civil War, this should be it.

The Christian Science Monitor

A valuable guide to anyone who is interested in the war and hopes to avoid hours of circular and fruitless web navigation.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
	Introduction
	User's Guide
Pt. I	The Very Best Civil War Web Sites - Reviews and Ratings
Ch. 1	Battles and Campaigns	3
Ch. 2	Political and Military Leaders	29
Ch. 3	Life of the Soldier	45
Ch. 4	Naval Operations	59
Ch. 5	The Experience of the U.S. Colored Troops	73
Ch. 6	Slavery and Emancipation	87
Ch. 7	Women in the Civil War	107
Ch. 8	Civil War Regiments	119
Ch. 9	General History, Historic Documents, Links, and Online Bookstore Sites	135
Pt. II	Sites Worth a Visit - A Topical Index
	Battles and Campaigns	155
	Political and Military Leaders	169
	Life of the Soldier	177
	Naval Operations	184
	The Experience of the U.S. Colored Troops	188
	Slavery and Emancipation	191
	Women in the Civil War	195
	Civil War Regiments	197
	General History, Historic Documents, Links, and Online Bookstore Sites	233

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Microsoft SQL Server 2008: A Beginner's Guide

Author: Dusan Petkovic

Deploy and manage SQL Server 2008 with ease

Completely revised from the ground up, the new edition of this popular beginner's guide covers the latest version of Microsoft SQL Server. You will get a rigorous introduction to all of the new and improved features, including the administration, development, and Business Intelligence tools. This is the ideal resource for serious database novices, or anyone upgrading from the previous version of the software.

Dusan Petkovic is a computer science professorat the Polytechnic in Rosenheim, Germany. He is the bestselling author of the previous editions of this book and has written numerous articles for SQL Server Magazine.