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Trials and triumphs : women of the American Civil War / / Marilyn Mayer Culpepper



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Autore: Culpepper Marilyn Mayer Visualizza persona
Titolo: Trials and triumphs : women of the American Civil War / / Marilyn Mayer Culpepper Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 1991
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (450 p.)
Disciplina: 973.7/15042
Soggetto topico: Women - United States - History - 19th century
Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Women
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: Trials and triumphs  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-87013-906-1
0-585-18824-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910827175803321
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