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Autore |
Andrew Rod |
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Long gray lines [[electronic resource] ] : the Southern military school tradition, 1839-1915 / / Rod Andrew, Jr |
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Chapel Hill, N.C., : University of North Carolina Press, c2001 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (179 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Military education - Southern States - History - 19th century |
Military education - Southern States - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-162) and index. |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Educating the Citizen-Soldier; 2. Death and Rebirth; 3. Soldiers, Christians, and Patriots; 4. Discipline and Defiance; 5. Military Law and Individual Rights; 6. Military Education for Black Youth; 7. Our Duty Is Plain; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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<![CDATA[Military training was a prominent feature of higher education across the nineteenth-century South. Virginia Military Institute and the Citadel, as well as land-grant schools such as Texas A&M, Auburn, and Clemson, organized themselves on a military basis, requiring their male students to wear uniforms, join a corps of cadets, and subject themselves to constant military discipline. Several southern black colleges also adopted a military approach. <BR><BR>Challenging assumptions about a distinctive ""southern military tradition,"" Rod Andrew demonstrates that southern military schools |
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