Private Confederacies: The Emotional Worlds of Southern Men as Citizens and Soldiers

ISBN-13: 9781469651989 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 240 str.

James J. Broomall

Opis

How did the Civil War, emancipation, and Reconstruction shape the masculinity of white Confederate veterans? Drawing on personal letters and diaries, James Broomall argues that the crisis of defeat ultimately necessitated new forms of expression between veterans and among men and women.