2 options
Midnight in America Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams during the Civil War / Jonathan W. White.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- White, Jonathan W., 1979- author.
- Series:
- Civil War America (Series)
- Civil War America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dreams--United States--History--19th century.
- Dreams.
- Dreams--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (293 pages).
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- Jonathan W. White explores what dreams meant to Civil War-era Americans and what their dreams reveal about their experiences during the war. He shows how Americans grappled with their fears, desires, and struggles while they slept, and how their dreams helped them make sense of the confusion, despair, and loneliness that engulfed them.
- Contents:
- The soldier's rest
- The soldier's dream
- Civilians' dreams
- African American dreams
- Dreams of the dying
- Dreams in popular culture
- Lincoln's dreams of death
- Epilogue: it seems like a dream.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908526-2-5
- 979-88-908526-3-2
- 1-4696-5208-0
- 1-4696-3205-5
- OCLC:
- 971493551
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.