Victorian America and the Civil War / Anne C. Rose
1992, First Edition. New York : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #382410
ISBN: 0521410819
Physical description: xiv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-293) and index. Contents; 1. Religion. Religion and Personal Growth. Charitable Spirits and Structured Institutions. Crises in Faith and Nationhood -- 2. Work. A War of Commitments. Family, Schooling, Bureaucracy, and the Trials of Success. Dreams of Glory and Memories of Achievement -- 3. Leisure. Imaginative Acquisition and the Expansion of Self. Social Construction through Play. The Reciprocal Debts of Pleasure and War -- 4. Family. Husbands and Wives. Parents and Children. Victorian Families in Time. The Domestication of War and the Sentimentalization of Culture -- 5. Politics. Political Nurture. Political Professionalism and the Active State. Trials of Political Conscience and Defenses of Sectional Honor. War's Gallery of Heroes and Bureaucracy's Revolving Door -- 6. Victorian America and the Civil War. A Victorian Tale of War. From War Narratives to Autobiography. Subjects: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Influence and results. 1861-1918 History (North America) 15.85 history of America. Civilization. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.). Amerikaanse burgeroorlog. Cultuurgeschiedenis. Middenklassen. Romantiek.
History (North America) United States Civilization 1783-1865. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Influence. Middle class United States History 19th century. United States Civilization 1865-1918.
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Influence. États-Unis Civilisation 1865-1918. United States. United States Civilization 1865-1918 United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Influence. États-Unis Civilisation 1865-1918. États-Unis 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) Influence. United States Civilization 1865-1918. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Influence. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Influence. United States Civilization 1865-1918. United States Civilization 1783-1865. United States Social conditions History 19th century. Society Effects of War History United States.
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