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The women's fight : the Civil War's battles for home, freedom, and nation /

"Historians of the Civil War often speak of "wars within a war"--The military fight, wartime struggles on the home front, and the political and moral battle to preserve the Union and end slavery. In this broadly conceived book, Thavolia Glymph provides a comprehensive new history of w...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Glymph, Thavolia, 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Series:Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Historians of the Civil War often speak of "wars within a war"--The military fight, wartime struggles on the home front, and the political and moral battle to preserve the Union and end slavery. In this broadly conceived book, Thavolia Glymph provides a comprehensive new history of women's roles and lives in the Civil War--North and South, white and black, slave and free--showing how women were essentially and fully engaged in all three arenas."--
Physical Description:1 online resource (379 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781469653655
1469653656
9781469653648
1469653648