Sing not war : the lives of Union and Confederate veterans in Gilded Age America / / James Marten

• Autore: Marten James Alan
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.7/1
• Soggetto topico: Adaptability (Psychology); Adjustment (Psychology)
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Veterans; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Melt away ye armies : endings and beginnings -- 2. Maimed darlings : living with disability -- 3. Saner wars : veterans, veteranhood, and commerce -- 4. Regiments so piteous : soldiers' homes, communities and manhood -- 5. Another gathering army : pensions and preference -- 6. Sad, unnatural shows of war : veterans' identity and distinctiveness.
• Sommario/riassunto: After the Civil War, white Confederate and Union army veterans reentered--or struggled to reenter--the lives and communities they had left behind. In Sing Not War, James Marten explores how the nineteenth century's ""Greatest Generation"" attempted to blend back into society and how their experiences were treated by non-veterans.Many soldiers, Marten reveals, had a much harder time reintegrating into their communities and returning to their civilian lives than has been previously understood. Although Civil War veterans were generally well taken care of during the Gilded Age, Mar
• Titolo autorizzato: Sing not war
• ISBN: 1-4696-0308-X; 0-8078-7768-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813074603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Civil War America.