A nation unraveled : clothing, culture, and violence in the American Civil War era / Sarah Jones Weicksel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weicksel, Sarah Jones, author.

Series:

Civil War America (Series)

Civil War America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing and dress--Political aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Clothing and dress.

Clothing and dress--Social aspects.

Clothing and dress--Economic aspects.

Women and war--United States--History--19th century.

Women and war.

Clothing trade--United States--History--19th century.

Clothing trade.

Military uniforms--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Military uniforms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Clothing, culture, and violence in the American Civil War era

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2026]

Summary:

"During the American Civil War, clothing became central to the ways people waged war and experienced its cost. Through the clothes they made, wore, mended, lost, and stole, Americans expressed their allegiances, showed their love, confronted their social and economic challenges, subverted expectations, and, ultimately, preserved their history. As collections left behind make clear, Civil War Americans believed clothing was not merely a reflection of one's class, gender, race, military rank, political ideology, or taste. Instead, from the weave of a fabric to the style and make of a coat, Northerners and Southerners alike understood that clothing had the power to affect people's way of living through the war's tumult. In this compelling and well-illustrated history, Sarah Jones Weicksel reveals as never before the meanings of clothing to Civil War Americans. Contributing to the growing body of scholarship on the material culture of the Civil War, Weicksel invites readers to understand the depth of how war penetrated daily life by focusing on the intimate, visceral, material experiences that shaped how people moved through the world"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Six feet of soldier with brass buttons: dressing men for war

To make war upon women: producing clothes for war

They call it patriotism: I call it indigo dye: dressing civilians for war

Confronting emancipation: clothing and transformation

Peeled bodies: wartime violence, violation, and destruction

The unraveling of white southern dress culture: clothing in the wartime South

The garb of treason: struggles over clothing at war's end

Every rent and hole spoke words: clothing as relics and narratives of war.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Weicksel, Sarah Jones. Nation unraveled

ISBN:

9781469689159

1469689154

9781469689166

1469689162

9781469689173

1469689170

9781469689180

1469689189

OCLC:

1559034842

Publisher Number:

CIPO000313369

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license