Long gray lines [[electronic resource] ] : the Southern military school tradition, 1839-1915 / / Rod Andrew, Jr

• Autore: Andrew Rod
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, N.C., : University of North Carolina Press, c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (179 p.)
• Disciplina: 355/.0071/173
• Soggetto topico: Military education - Southern States - History - 19th century; Military education - Southern States - History - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-162) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Educating the Citizen-Soldier; 2. Death and Rebirth; 3. Soldiers, Christians, and Patriots; 4. Discipline and Defiance; 5. Military Law and Individual Rights; 6. Military Education for Black Youth; 7. Our Duty Is Plain; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: <![CDATA[Military training was a prominent feature of higher education across the nineteenth-century South. Virginia Military Institute and the Citadel, as well as land-grant schools such as Texas A&M, Auburn, and Clemson, organized themselves on a military basis, requiring their male students to wear uniforms, join a corps of cadets, and subject themselves to constant military discipline. Several southern black colleges also adopted a military approach. <BR><BR>Challenging assumptions about a distinctive ""southern military tradition,"" Rod Andrew demonstrates that southern military schools
• Titolo autorizzato: Long gray lines
• ISBN: 0-8078-7534-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455345503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II