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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. Southern women. One. Home and war: "domestic sanctuaries" on the run
- Two. Poor white women in the Confederacy: "enemies to their country"
- Three. Enslaved women: making war on antislavery ground
- Part II. Northern Women. Four. Am I a soldier of the Cross? Northern women's fight and the legacy of slavery
- Five. Northern white women and the "Garden of Eden"
- Part III. The Hard hand of war. Six. Under the restless wings of an army: the "female humanity"
- Seven. Black women refugees: making freedom in Union lines
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of names
- Index of subjects.