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Culpepper Marilyn Mayer |
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Titolo |
Trials and triumphs [[electronic resource] ] : women of the American Civil War / / Marilyn Mayer Culpepper |
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East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 1991 |
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ISBN |
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0-87013-906-1 |
0-585-18824-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (450 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women - United States - History - 19th century |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Women |
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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 and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; 1. A Nation Torn Asunder; 2. Slaves, Soldiers, Free People; 3. Anxiety-The Irrepressible Companion; 4. The Refugee Experience; 5. The Ravages of War; 6. The Battle Against Privation; 7. "Much to Do"-Part I; 8. "Much to Do"-Part II; 9. The Florence Nightingales of the Civil War; 10. Peace at Last; Bibliography |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Trials and Triumphs, Marilyn Mayer Culpepper provides incomparable insights into women's lives during America's Civil War era. Her respect for these nineteenth-century women and their experiences, as well as her engaging and intimate style, enable Culpepper to transport readers into a tumultuous time of death, destruction, and privation -- into a world turned upside down, an environment that seemed as strange to contemporaries as it does in our own time. Culpepper has uncovered forgotten images of America's bloodiest conflict contained in the diaries and corre |
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