Living by Inches : The Smells, Sounds, Tastes, and Feeling of Captivity in Civil War Prisons

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From battlefields, boxcars, and forgotten warehouses to notorious prison camps, prisoners seemed to be everywhere during the American Civil War. 'Living by Inches' examines how imprisoned men in the Civil War perceived captivity through the basic building blocks of human experience - their...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kutzler, Evan A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Senses and sensation.
Prisoners of war > Psychology.
Prisoners of war.
Military prisons.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Sens et sensations.
Prisons militaires > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Sensation
Prisons > history
Military Personnel > history
Prisoners of War > psychology
American Civil War
Prisoners of War > history
Military prisons > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Prisonniers et prisons.
United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Prisoners and prisons.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:From battlefields, boxcars, and forgotten warehouses to notorious prison camps, prisoners seemed to be everywhere during the American Civil War. 'Living by Inches' examines how imprisoned men in the Civil War perceived captivity through the basic building blocks of human experience - their five senses.
Physical Description:1 online resource (208 pages).
ISBN:9781469653808

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