Northern character : college-educated New Englanders, honor, nationalism, and leadership in the Civil War era / Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai.
Material type: TextSeries: Publication details: New York : Fordham University Press, (c)2016.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
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- 9780823271849
- F9 .N678 2016
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Includes bibliographies and index.
"A stage with curtains drawn": New England college students and their world -- "The great people of the future": American civilization and national character -- To act like men: building character in the new Brahmins -- "To put those theories into practice": secession and the crisis of character -- Marching into "rebeldom": the failure of southern character -- The character to command -- Character triumphant: reconstruction, reform, and reconciliation -- Epilogue.
This book examines the social and gendered world of college-educated New Englanders who fought in the Civil War by exploring how they tried to develop good character traits and a sense of nationalism. The book also explores how these men interacted with soldiers and southerners, faced battle, and approached Reconstruction.
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