Aberration of mind : suicide and suffering in the Civil War-era South /

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This book studies the meaning of suicide in the nineteenth-century South and how that meaning changed, if at all, as a result of the Civil War and its aftermath. It looks at the whole South while providing a more thorough examination than previous books of the dynamics of both the racial and gendere...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sommerville, Diane Miller (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Subjects:
1800-1899
Suicide > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Suicide > Social aspects > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Suicide > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Suicide > Aspect social > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
HISTORY > Military > United States.
Psychological aspects.
Social conditions.
Suicide.
Suicide > Social aspects.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Psychological aspects.
Southern States > Social conditions > History > 19th century.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Aspect psychologique.
États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Southern States.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This book studies the meaning of suicide in the nineteenth-century South and how that meaning changed, if at all, as a result of the Civil War and its aftermath. It looks at the whole South while providing a more thorough examination than previous books of the dynamics of both the racial and gendered dimensions of suicide in the South during the long Civil War Era.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469643571
146964357X
9781469643588
1469643588

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