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

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wongsrichanalai, Kanisorn (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Character.
College students > New England > History > 19th century.
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.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "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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