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All that makes a man : love and ambition in the Civil War South / Stephen W. Berry II.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berry, Stephen William, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Men--Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
- Men.
- Men--Confederate States of America--Psychology.
- Sex role--Confederate States of America.
- Sex role.
- Man-woman relationships--Confederate States of America.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Ambition--History--19th century.
- Ambition.
- Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
- Soldiers.
- Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Psychology.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Psychological aspects.
- Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
- Confederate States of America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In May 1861, Jefferson Davis issued a general call for volunteers for the Confederate Army. Men responded in such numbers that 200,000 had to be turned away. Few of these men would have attributed their zeal to the cause of states' rights or slavery. As All That Makes a Man: Love and Ambition in the Civil War South makes clear, most southern men saw the war more simply as a test of their manhood, a chance to defend the honor of their sweethearts, fiances, and wives back home. Drawing upon diaries and personal letters, Stephen Berry seamlessly weaves together the stories of six very different m
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Men and Ambition; 1 All That Makes a Man; 2 Two Separate Yet Most Intimate Things; II: Men and Women; 3 Across a Great Divide; 4 Purity and Desire; III: Men and War; 5 A Fountain of Waters; 6 Looking Homeward; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2002.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-281) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771114-6
- 0-19-518609-5
- 1-280-53190-8
- 0-19-803330-3
- 1-60256-462-0
- OCLC:
- 437154826
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