Heroes and Cowards : The Social Face of War /

Heroes and Cowards demonstrates the role that social capital plays in people's decisions. The makeup of various companies--whether soldiers were of the same ethnicity, age, and occupation--influenced whether soldiers remained loyal or whether they deserted. Costa and Kahn discuss how the soldie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Costa, Dora L.
Otros Autores: Kahn, Matthew E., 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Army.
United States. > Army > Military life > History > 19th century.
Sezessionskrieg > 1861-1865
Soldat
Soldiers.
Social networks.
Social conditions
Social aspects.
Psychological aspects.
Cultural pluralism.
Community life.
African American soldiers.
Armed Forces > Military life
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY.
Reseaux sociaux > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Communaute > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Diversite culturelle > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Militaires noirs americains > Biographies.
Social networks > United States > Case studies.
Community life > United States > Case studies.
Cultural pluralism > United States > Case studies.
African American soldiers > Biography.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
United States.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > Jusqu'à 1865.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Aspect psychologique.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Aspect social.
United States > Social conditions > To 1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Psychological aspects.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
History.
Case studies.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Heroes and Cowards demonstrates the role that social capital plays in people's decisions. The makeup of various companies--whether soldiers were of the same ethnicity, age, and occupation--influenced whether soldiers remained loyal or whether they deserted. Costa and Kahn discuss how the soldiers benefited from friendships, what social factors allowed some to survive the POW camps while others died, and how punishments meted out for breaking codes of conduct affected men after the war. The book also examines the experience of African-American soldiers and makes important observations about how their comrades shaped their lives. --from publisher description.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (336 pages): illustrations.
ISBN:9781400829750

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