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UNINA9910456377003321 |
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Autore |
Andrew Rod |
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Wade Hampton [[electronic resource] ] : Confederate warrior to southern redeemer / / Rod Andrew, Jr |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2008 |
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1-4696-0474-4 |
0-8078-8900-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (635 p.) |
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Collana |
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Generals - Confederate States of America |
Governors - South Carolina |
Legislators - United States |
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) |
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United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Cavalry operations |
South Carolina Politics and government 1865-1950 |
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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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 577-599) and index. |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I. PATERNALISM; PART II. CHIVALRY; PART III. VINDICATION; Epilogue; Appendix: The Fable of Hampton, ''Major S,'' and a Union Private; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Few Southern elites gave more to the Confederate cause or suffered more in its defeat than General Wade Hampton III of South Carolina. One of the South's most illustrious military leaders, Hampton was for a time the commander of all Lee's cavalry and at the end of the war was the highest-ranking Confederate cavalry officer. Yet for all Hampton's military victories, he also suffered devastating losses. He lost a beloved son and a brother, his own home as well as his grandfather's ancestral mansion, and his vast personal fortune. He failed to deter Sherman's legions from capturing his hometown o |
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UNINA9910455954703321 |
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Autore |
Briggs Dennie |
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A life well lived [[electronic resource] ] : Maxwell Jones--a memoir / / Dennie Briggs |
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London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2002 |
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1-283-90415-2 |
1-4175-0186-3 |
1-84642-376-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Clinical psychologists |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-201). |
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UNINA9910460442003321 |
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Autore |
Bonadeo Alfredo |
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Mark of the beast : death and degradation in the literature of the Great War / / Alfredo Bonadeo |
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Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1989 |
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©1989 |
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0-8131-8483-5 |
0-8131-5648-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (184 p.) |
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European literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Italian literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
World War, 1914-1918 - Literature and the war |
World War, 1914-1918 - Psychological aspects |
World War, 1914-1918 - Moral and ethical aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Bibliography: p. [152]-168. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Animal Within; 2 A Bath of Black Blood; 3 A Loss beyond Life; Conclusion; Notes; Index |
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The First World War is a watershed in the intellectual and spiritual history of the modern world. On the one hand, it brought an end to a sense of optimism and decency bred by the prosperity of nineteenth-century Europe. On the other, it brought forth a sense of futility and alienation that has since pervaded European thought. That cataclysmic experience is richly reflected in the work of writers and artists from both sides of the conflict, and this study provides a detailed analysis of two basic themes -- death and degradation -- that mark the literature about the war.From their accounts most |
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