Northern Character : College-Educated New Englanders, Honor, Nationalism, and Leadership in the Civil War Era /

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This book examines the social and gendered world of college-educated New Englanders who fought in the Civil War by exploring how they tried to develop good character traits and a sense of nationalism. The book also explores how these men interacted with soldiers and southerners, faced battle, and ap...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Wongsrichanalai, Kanisorn (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Social aspects.
Intellectual life.
College students.
Civilization.
Character.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civics & Citizenship.
Caractere.
Étudiants > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siecle.
College students > New England > History > 19th century.
United States.
New England.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Civilisation > 19e siecle.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siecle.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Aspect social > Nouvelle-Angleterre.
New England > History > 19th century.
New England > Civilization > 19th century.
New England > Intellectual life > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects > New England.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • "A stage with curtains drawn": New England college students and their world
  • "The great people of the future": American civilization and national character
  • To act like men: building character in the new Brahmins
  • "To put those theories into practice": secession and the crisis of character
  • Marching into "rebeldom": the failure of southern character
  • The character to command
  • Character triumphant: reconstruction, reform, and reconciliation
  • Epilogue.

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