Defining Duty in the Civil War : Personal Choice, Popular Culture, and the Union Home Front /

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Examining the breadth of Northern popular culture, J. Matthew Gallman offers a dramatic reconsideration of how the Union's civilians understood the meaning of duty and citizenship in wartime. Gallman shows how thousands of authors, artists, and readers together created a new set of rules for na...

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Main Author: Gallman, J. Matthew (James Matthew)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions.
Social aspects.
Political culture.
Patriotism.
Nationalism.
National characteristics, American.
Duty.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Devoir.
Patriotisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Nationalisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Political culture > Northeastern States > History > 19th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Patriotism > United States > History > 19th century.
Nationalism > United States > History > 19th century.
National characteristics, American > History > 19th century.
United States.
Northeastern States.
États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Aspect social.
Northeastern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: only bread and the newspaper we must have
  • Part I. On fools, hypocrites, and scoundrels
  • Striped pants and empty heads: the fools, swells, and jesters of the Civil War
  • Don't you think it is time you took off that uniform? Shoulder straps and faux soldiers
  • Your diamonds may flash gaily, but there's blood on them: a shoddy aristocracy
  • Part II. On duty, cowardice, and citizenship
  • Our duty: sacrifice and citizenship
  • No man of honor shall shrink from running his chance: Federal conscription and individual obligations
  • The woman hides her trembling fear: good wives and selfless volunteers
  • Will they fight? Should they fight? African Americans and citizenship in wartime
  • Conclusion: We are coming Father Abraham: patriotism and choice.

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