1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456377003321

Autore

Andrew Rod

Titolo

Wade Hampton [[electronic resource] ] : Confederate warrior to southern redeemer / / Rod Andrew, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2008

ISBN

1-4696-0474-4

0-8078-8900-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (635 p.)

Collana

Civil War America

Disciplina

973.7/42

Soggetti

Generals - Confederate States of America

Governors - South Carolina

Legislators - United States

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

Electronic books.

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Cavalry operations

South Carolina Politics and government 1865-1950

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 577-599) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455954703321

Autore

Briggs Dennie

Titolo

A life well lived [[electronic resource] ] : Maxwell Jones--a memoir / / Dennie Briggs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2002

ISBN

1-283-90415-2

1-4175-0186-3

1-84642-376-7

Descrizione fisica

201 p. : ill

Disciplina

616.89/0092

B

Soggetti

Clinical psychologists

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-201).



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460442003321

Autore

Bonadeo Alfredo

Titolo

Mark of the beast : death and degradation in the literature of the Great War / / Alfredo Bonadeo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1989

©1989

ISBN

0-8131-8483-5

0-8131-5648-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Disciplina

809/.93354

Soggetti

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.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. [152]-168.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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