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Civil War time : temporality & identity in America, 1861-1865 /

"In antebellum America, both North and South emerged as modernizing, capitalist societies. Work bells, clock towers, and personal timepieces increasingly instilled discipline on one's day, which already was ordered by religious custom and nature's rhythms. The Civil War changed that,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wells, Cheryl A., 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Time lost, time found : the Confederate victory at Manassas and the Union defeat at Bull Run
  • "An hour too late" : the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg
  • "Like a wheel in a watch" : soldiers, camp, and battle time
  • Battle time : gender, modernity, and Civil War hospitals
  • Doing time : the cannon, the clock, and civil war prisons
  • Epilogue : antebellum temporalities in the postbellum period.