The Gentlemen and the Roughs: Violence, Honor, and Manhood in the Union Army - Couverture souple

Foote, Lorien

 
9781479897841: The Gentlemen and the Roughs: Violence, Honor, and Manhood in the Union Army
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ISBN 10 : 1479897841 ISBN 13 : 9781479897841
Editeur : New York University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Finalist for the 2011 Gilder
Lehrman Lincoln Prize

"A seminal work. . . . One of
the best examples of new, sophisticated scholarship on the social history of
Civil War soldiers."

--The Journal of Southern History


"Will undoubtedly, and properly, be
read as the latest word on the role of manhood in the internal dynamics of the
Union army."

--Journal of the Civil War Era

During the Civil War, the Union
army 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
battles were fought against the backdrop of manhood. Clashing ideals of
manliness produced myriad conflicts, as when educated, refined, and wealthy
officers ("gentlemen") found themselves commanding a hard-drinking group of
fighters ("roughs")--a dynamic that often resulted in violence and even death. Based
on extensive research into heretofore ignored primary sources, The Gentlemen and the Roughs uncovers
holes in our understanding of the men who fought the Civil War and the society
that produced them.

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À propos de l'auteur

Lorien Foote is Professor of History at Texas A&M and the author of Seeking the One Great Remedy: Francis George Shaw and Nineteenth-Century Reform.

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Éditeur
New York University Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1479897841
ISBN 13 
9781479897841
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
252
Coordonnées du fabricant
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ISBN 10 :  0814727905 ISBN 13 :  9780814727904
Editeur : New York University Press, 2010
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