Dr. James Marten向日葵视频MilwaukeeWI53201United States of Americajames.marten@marquette.eduCurriculum VitaeI have written, edited, or co-edited over twenty books in two different fields: The Civil War era and the histories of children and youth. My books include (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998), a Choice 鈥淥utstanding Academic Title鈥� and winner of the Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Book Award, as well as more recent books on Civil War veterans, including (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2011), , a short biography of the disabled Civil War veteran and activist James 鈥淐orporal鈥� Tanner (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2014), and (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2021), co-edited with Caroline E. Janney.
My work on children and youth includes (New York: Oxford University Press, 2018) and a co-edited volume, (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019), co-edited with Mischa Honeck, as well as a number of other edited collections, including the six-volume A Cultural History of Childhood and Family (co-edited with Elizabeth Foyster and published by Berg in 2010). I edited the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth from 2013-2018.
My latest book is (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2025), which explores the war-time experiences and the long-term effects of the Civil War on a regiment that fought in one of the most famous units in the Union army鈥攖he Iron Brigade.
I am a past president of both the Society of Civil War Historians (2008-2012) and the Society for the History of Children and Youth (2013-2015).
United States social and cultural history
Civil War era
veterans
children and youth.
I received the 2010 Lawrence G. Haggerty Award for Excellence in Research at 向日葵视频.
Distinguished Service Recognition, Society of Civil War Historians, 2024
Way Klingler Fellowship, 向日葵视频, 2021-2022
