Persistence through Peril (eBook)

Episodes of College Life and Academic Endurance in the Civil War South

R. Eric Platt, Holly A. Foster (Herausgeber)

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2021 | EPUB SINGLE
280 Seiten
University Press of Mississippi (Verlag)
978-1-4968-3507-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Contributions by Christian K. Anderson, Marcia Bennett, Lauren Yarnell Bradshaw, Holly A. Foster, Tiffany Greer, Don Holmes, Donavan L. Johnson, Lauren Lassabe, Sarah Mangrum, R. Eric Platt, Courtney L. Robinson, David E. Taylor, Zachary A. Turner, Michael M. Wallace, and Rhonda Kemp WebbTo date, most texts regarding higher education in the Civil War South focus on the widespread closure of academies. In contrast, Persistence through Peril: Episodes of College Life and Academic Endurance in the Civil War South brings to life several case histories of Southern colleges and universities that persisted through the perilous war years. Contributors tell these stories via the lived experiences of students, community members, professors, and administrators as they strove to keep their institutions going. Despite the large-scale cessation of many Southern academies due to student military enlistment, resource depletion, and campus destruction, some institutions remained open for the majority or entirety of the war. These institutions-"e;The Citadel"e; South Carolina Military Academy, Mercer University, Mississippi College, the University of North Carolina, Spring Hill College, Trinity College of Duke University, Tuskegee Female College, the University of Virginia, the Virginia Military Institute, Wesleyan Female College, and Wofford College-continued to operate despite low student numbers, encumbered resources, and faculty ranks stripped bare by conscription or voluntary enlistment. This volume considers academic and organizational perseverance via chapter "e;episodes"e; that highlight the daily operations, struggles, and successes of select Southern institutions. Through detailed archival research, the essays illustrate how some Southern colleges and universities endured the deadliest internal conflict in US history.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 12 b&w illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: Civil War • Civil War Life • College Student Life during the Civil War • Duke University • Educational History • Education During the Confederacy • Huntington College • Mercer University • Mississippi College • Nineteenth Century Academia • South Carolina Military Academy • Southern colleges • Southern Higher Education • Southern universities • Spring Hill College • the citadel • the University of North Carolina • the University of Virginia • the Virginia Military Institute • Trinity College • Trinity College of Duke University • Tuskegee Female College • University of North Carolina • University of Virginia • Virginia Military Institute • VMI • Wesleyan Female College • Wofford College
• ISBN-10: 1-4968-3507-7 / 1496835077
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4968-3507-9 / 9781496835079