Divided Houses: Gender And the Civil War - Couverture rigide

Clinton, Catherine

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195074076 ISBN 13 : 9780195074079

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1992

Synopsis

A collection of essays on gender in 19th-century USA, which explores specifically all major aspects of women's roles in the American Civil War.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Historians Catherine Clinton and Nina Silber have edited a collection of essays that deal with the question of women and the Civil War, as well as relat4ed problems. Divided Houses demonstrates that the abolitionist movement was strongly allied with ninetheenth-century feminism, and shows how the ensuring debates over sectionalism and, eventually, secession, were often couched in terms of gender. Through the course of the book many fascinating subjects are explored, such as the new "manly" responsibilities both black and white men had thrust upon them as soldiers; the effect of war on Southern women's daily actions on the homefront; the essential part Northern women played as nurses and spies; the war's impact on marriage and divorce; women's roles in the guerilla fighting; even the wartime dialogue on interracial sex. There is also a rare look at how gender affected the experience of freedom for African-American children. In addition, there is an interoduction by Pulitzer Prize winning historian James McPherson.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195074076
• ISBN 13: 9780195074079
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 437
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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