Household War - How Americans Lived and Fought the Civil War (Paperback)

Household War restores the centrality of households to the American Civil War. The essays in the volume complicate the standard distinctions between battlefront and homefront, soldier and civilian, and men and women. From this vantage point, they look at the interplay of family and politics, studying the ways in which the Civil War shaped and was shaped by the American household. They explore how households influenced Confederate and Union military strategy, the motivations of soldiers and civilians, and the occupation of captured cities, as well as the experiences of Native Americans, women, children, freedpeople, injured veterans, and others. The result is a unique and much needed approach to the study of the Civil War. Household War demonstrates that the Civil War can be understood as a revolutionary moment in the transformation of the household order. The original essays by distinguished historians provide an inclusive examination of how the war flowed from, required, and resulted in the restructuring of the nineteenth-century household. Contributors explore notions of the household before, during, and after the war, unpacking subjects such as home, family, quarrels, domestic service and slavery, manhood, the Klan, prisoners and escaped prisoners, Native Americans, grief, and manhood. The essays further show how households redefined and reordered themselves as a result of the changes stemming from the Civil War.

General

Imprint:	University of Georgia Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	UnCivil Wars Ser.
Release date:	November 2019
Editors:	Lisa Tendrich Frank • LeeAnn Whites
Series editors:	Stephen Berry • Amy Murrell Taylor
Contributors:	Jonathan W. White • Lorien Foote • Angela Esco Elder • Victoria E Bynum • Joan Cashin • Brian Craig Miller
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	312
ISBN-13:	978-0-8203-5634-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > 1800 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Civil war Books > History > American history > 1800 to 1900 Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
LSN:	0-8203-5634-4
Barcode:	9780820356341

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