The Divided Family in Civil War America

Amy Murrell Taylor (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2009 | New edition
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-0-8078-6186-8 (ISBN)

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The Civil War has long been described as a war pitting 'brother against brother'. The divided family is an enduring metaphor for the divided nation, but it also accurately reflects the reality of America's bloodiest war. This title provides a social and cultural history of the divided family in Civil War America.

This title discusses the crisis of the 'house divided'. The Civil War has long been described as a war pitting 'brother against brother'. The divided family is an enduring metaphor for the divided nation, but it also accurately reflects the reality of America's bloodiest war. Connecting the metaphor to the real experiences of families whose households were split by conflicting opinions about the war, Amy Murrell Taylor provides a social and cultural history of the divided family in Civil War America. She studies letters and diaries to understand how families coped with division between husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, fathers and sons, and she traces the image of the 'house divided' as it emerged in newspapers and popular fiction to describe the war-torn nation.

Amy Murrell Taylor is assistant professor of history at the State University of New York at Albany.

Reihe/Serie	Civil War America
Verlagsort	Chapel Hill
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	888 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8078-6186-3 / 0807861863
ISBN-13	978-0-8078-6186-8 / 9780807861868
Zustand	Neuware