Heroes & cowards : the social face of war / / Dora L. Costa & Matthew E. Kahn
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| Autore: |
Costa Dora L
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| Titolo: |
Heroes & cowards : the social face of war / / Dora L. Costa & Matthew E. Kahn
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| Pubblicazione: | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2008 |
| Edizione: | Course Book |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (344 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.7/1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Soldiers - United States |
| African American soldiers | |
| Cultural pluralism - United States | |
| Community life - United States | |
| Social networks - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects |
| United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Psychological aspects | |
| United States Social conditions To 1865 | |
| Altri autori: |
KahnMatthew E. <1966->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-290) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 men after the war. The book also examines the experience of African-American soldiers and makes important observations about how their comrades shaped their lives. --from publisher description. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Heroes and cowards |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Heroes & cowards |
| ISBN: | 1-282-76420-9 |
| 9786612764202 | |
| 1-4008-2975-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910817528303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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