Keep the days : reading the Civil War diaries of Southern women /

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"Americans wrote fiercely during the Civil War. War surprised, devastated, and opened up imagination, taking hold of Americans' words as well as their homes and families. The personal diary--wildly ragged yet rooted in day following day--was one place Americans wrote their war. Diaries, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stowe, Steven M., 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Series:Civil War America (Series)
Subjects:
1861-1865
Women > United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Women, White > Southern States > Diaries.
Slaveholders > Southern States > Diaries.
Blanches > États-Unis (Sud) > Journaux intimes.
Propriétaires d'esclaves > États-Unis (Sud) > Journaux intimes.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Historiography.
Slaveholders.
Women.
Women, White.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Historiography.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Historiographie.
Southern States.
United States.
Diaries.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Reading the diary
  • Keeping the diary
  • Wartime
  • Men
  • Slaves
  • Herself
  • Appendix : a guide to the diaries and diarists.

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