Long gray lines : the Southern military school tradition, 1839-1915 / Rod Andrew, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andrew, Rod, Jr.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military education--Southern States--History--19th century.

Military education.

Military education--Southern States--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<![CDATA[Military training was a prominent feature of higher education across the nineteenth-century South. Virginia Military Institute and the Citadel, as well as land-grant schools such as Texas A&M, Auburn, and Clemson, organized themselves on a military basis, requiring their male students to wear uniforms, join a corps of cadets, and subject themselves to constant military discipline. Several southern black colleges also adopted a military approach. <BR><BR>Challenging assumptions about a distinctive ""southern military tradition,"" Rod Andrew demonstrates that southern military schools

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Educating the Citizen-Soldier; 2. Death and Rebirth; 3. Soldiers, Christians, and Patriots; 4. Discipline and Defiance; 5. Military Law and Individual Rights; 6. Military Education for Black Youth; 7. Our Duty Is Plain; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-162) and index.

ISBN:

9798890872975

9780807875346

0807875341

OCLC:

70739447