Moments of despair suicide, divorce, and debt in Civil War era North Carolina
During the Civil War era, black and white North Carolinians were forced to fundamentally reinterpret the morality of suicide, divorce, and debt as these experiences became pressing issues throughout the region and nation. In Moments of Despair, David Silkenat explores these shifting sentiments.Anteb...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill [N.C.] :
University of North Carolina Press
c2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798193306719 |
| Sumario: | During the Civil War era, black and white North Carolinians were forced to fundamentally reinterpret the morality of suicide, divorce, and debt as these experiences became pressing issues throughout the region and nation. In Moments of Despair, David Silkenat explores these shifting sentiments.Antebellum white North Carolinians stigmatized suicide, divorce, and debt, but the Civil War undermined these entrenched attitudes, forcing a reinterpretation of these issues in a new social, cultural, and economic context in which they were increasingly untethered from social expectations |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (309 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469603353 9780807877951 |
