Gender and the Sectional Conflict

by Nina Silber

Book Overview

In an insightful exploration of gender relations during the Civil War, Nina Silber compares broad ideological constructions of masculinity and femininity among Northerners and Southerners. She argues that attitudes about gender shaped the experiences of the Civil War's participants, including how soldiers and their female kin thought about their "causes" and obligations in wartime. Despite important similarities, says Silber, differing gender ideologies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807832448
• ISBN13: 9780807832448
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.6"