Southern Families At War - Loyalty and Conflict in the Civil War South

Zusatztext Scholars of the Civil War era and of the family will appreciate Clinton's effort to encourage new research on the home front. Informationen zum Autor Catherine Clinton is a historian of southern history, women's history, and the American Civil War. She is currently Weissman Visiting Professor of History, Baruch College, City University of New York. Klappentext Whether it was planter patriarchs struggling to maintain authority, or Jewish families coerced by Christian evangelicalism, or wives and mothers left behind to care for slaves and children, the Civil War took a terrible toll. From the bustling sidewalks of Richmond to the parched plains of the Texas frontier, from the rich Alabama black belt to the Tennessee woodlands, no corner of the South went unscathed. Through the prism of the southern family, this volume of twelve original essays provides fresh insights into this watershed in American history. Zusammenfassung Whether it was planter patriarchs struggling to maintain authority, or Jewish families coerced by Christian evangelicalism, the Civil War took a terrible toll. This volume of twelve essays provides an insight into this watershed in American history,through the prism of the southern family.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Clinton
• Assisted by: Catherine Clinton (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.08.2000
• EAN: 9780195136845
• ISBN: 978-0-19-513684-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), Southeastern & South Atlantic States, c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War, US South: South Atlantic States, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)