The Last Generation - Young Virginians in Peace, War, and Reunion (Paperback, New edition)

This book deals with coming of age in the 1850s and '60s. Challenging the popular conception of Southern youth on the eve of the Civil War as intellectually lazy, violent, and dissipated, Peter Carmichael looks closely at the lives of more than one hundred young white men from Virginia's last generation to grow up with the institution of slavery. He finds them deeply engaged in the political, economic, and cultural forces of their time. Carmichael argues that their experiences force us to reexamine the nature of Southern manhood and shed new light on the formation and reformation of Southern identity during the turbulent last half of the nineteenth century.

General

Imprint:	The University of North Carolina Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Civil War America
Release date:	September 2009
First published:	September 2009
Authors:	Peter S. Carmichael
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Unsewn / adhesive bound
Pages:	360
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8078-6185-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-8078-6185-5
Barcode:	9780807861851

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