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Household War: How Americans Lived and Fought the Civil War (UnCivil Wars Ser.) by American Civil War (1861-1865);United States;United States / History / Civil War, 1861-1865 / Social aspects;United States / Social conditions / To 1865;Frank, Lisa Tendrich;Whites, LeeAnn is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Household War restores the centrality of households to the American Civil War. The essays in the volume complicate the standard distinctions between battlefront and homefront, soldier and civilian, and men and women. From this vantage point, they look at the interplay of family and politics, studying the ways in which the Civil War shaped and was shaped by the American household. They explore how households influenced Confederate and Union military strategy, the motivations of soldiers and civilians, and the occupation of captured cities, as well as the experiences of Native Americans, women, children, freedpeople, injured veterans, and others. The result is a unique and much needed approach to the study of the Civil War. Household War demonstrates that the Civil War can be understood as a revolutionary moment in the transformation of the household order. The original essays by distinguished historians provide an inclusive examination of how the war flowed from, required, and resulted in the restructuring of the nineteenth-century household. Contributors explore notions of the household before, during, and after the war, unpacking subjects such as home, family, quarrels, domestic

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Author

American Civil War (1861-1865);United States;United States / History / Civil War, 1861-1865 / Social aspects;United States / Social conditions / To 1865;Frank, Lisa Tendrich;Whites, LeeAnn

Publisher

Georgia University Press

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780820356341

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities