Umfang:
Online-Ressource (x, 237 p)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0814727956
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0814727905
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9780814727959
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9780814727904
Inhalt:
During the Civil War, the Union army-like the society from which it sprang-appeared cohesive enough to withstand four years of grueling war against the Confederates and to claim victory in 1865. But fractiousness bubbled below the surface of the North's presumably united front. Internal fissures were rife within the Union army: class divisions, regional antagonisms, ideological differences, and conflicting personalities all distracted the army from quelling the Southern rebellion. In this highly original contribution to Civil War and gender history, Lorien Foote reveals that these internal bat
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-223) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Contested Terms of Manhood; 1 "A Good Moral Regiment": Conduct Unbecoming a Gentleman; 2 "The Model of the Gentleman": Gentility and Self-Control; 3 "A Regular Old-Fashioned Free Fight": Physical Prowess and Honor; 4 "If You Will Go with Me outside the Lines": Dueling and the Degenerate Affair of Honor; 5 "The Thick-Fingered Clowns": Social Status and Discipline; 6 "The Shoulder-Strap Gentry": Officers, Privates, and Equal Manhood; Conclusion: The War for Manhood; Appendix: Note on Method and Sources; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G
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HI; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; About the Author
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780814727904
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Gentlemen and the Roughs : Violence, Honor, and Manhood in the Union Army
Sprache:
Englisch
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