An Interview with Megan Kate Nelson

 

Our interview with Megan Kate Nelson, Lecturer of History and Literature at Harvard University and author of Ruin Nation: Destruction and the American Civil War now out with University of Georgia Press. Dr. Nelson’s interview is part of The Civil War Monitor’s new video interview series “Behind the Lines.” In addition to Ruin Nation, Dr. Nelson reflects on one of the most influential books on her own scholarship.

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