Patrick J. Doyle

Carolinian Crucible

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a richly detailed account of life and society in South Carolina during the Civil War. It is for students, scholars, and general readers interested in society and culture in the US South; histories of gender and family life; and Confederate nationalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 571g
• ISBN-13: 9781009550499
• ISBN-10: 1009550497
• Artikelnr.: 72880861

Autorenporträt

Patrick J. Doyle teaches US History at Royal Holloway, University of London. His research has been published in the Journal of the Civil War Era, Journal of Social History, and Civil War History.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
List of figures and tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. 'A unanimity never before witnessed': late antebellum society and the path to secession
2. 'Like the stone of sisyphus': mobilization
3. 'The time for conducting this war leisurely has passed: conscription
4. 'It will take a man person with you to... keep the place up': family, gender, and the household
5. 'A most unhappy condition of things among a people heretofore perhaps the most loyal': desertion, disaffection, and disloyalty
Conclusion
Final reflections
Notes
Bibliography.