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Autore |
Costa Dora L |
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Titolo |
Heroes & cowards [[electronic resource] ] : the social face of war / / Dora L. Costa & Matthew E. Kahn |
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Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-76420-9 |
9786612764202 |
1-4008-2975-5 |
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Edizione |
[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (344 p.) |
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Collana |
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NBER series on long-term factors in economic development |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Soldiers - United States |
African American soldiers |
Cultural pluralism - United States |
Community life - United States |
Social networks - United States |
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United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Psychological aspects |
United States Social conditions To 1865 |
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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. [273]-290) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Loyalty and Sacrifice -- 2. Why the U.S. Civil War? -- 3. Building the Armies -- 4. Heroes and Cowards -- 5. POW Camp Survivors -- 6. The Homecoming of Heroes and Cowards -- 7. Slaves Become Freemen -- 8. Learning from the Past -- Appendix. Records and Collection Methods. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Heroes and Cowards demonstrates the role that social capital plays in people's decisions. The makeup of various companies--whether soldiers were of the same ethnicity, age, and occupation--influenced whether soldiers remained loyal or whether they deserted. Costa and Kahn discuss how the soldiers benefited from friendships, what social factors allowed some to survive the POW camps while others died, and how punishments meted out for breaking codes of conduct affected |
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