Sing not war : the lives of Union and Confederate veterans in Gilded Age America

Sing not war the lives of Union and Confederate veterans in Gilded Age America

After the Civil War, white Confederate and Union army veterans reentered--or struggled to reenter--the lives and communities they had left behind. In Sing Not War, James Marten explores how the nineteenth century's ""Greatest Generation"" attempted to blend back into society...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Marten, James Alan (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press 2011.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Civil War America.
Materias:
Adaptability (Psychology)
Adjustment (Psychology)
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Veterans.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798081606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Melt away ye armies : endings and beginnings
  • 2. Maimed darlings : living with disability
  • 3. Saner wars : veterans, veteranhood, and commerce
  • 4. Regiments so piteous : soldiers' homes, communities and manhood
  • 5. Another gathering army : pensions and preference
  • 6. Sad, unnatural shows of war : veterans' identity and distinctiveness.

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