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Author:

Wongsrichanalai, Kanisorn, author.

Title:

Northern Character : College-Educated New Englanders, Honor, Nationalism, and Leadership in the Civil War Era / Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Fordham University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

263 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Social aspects--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects--New England.
College students--New England--History--19th century.
New England--Intellectual life--19th century.
New England--Civilization--19th century.
New England--History--19th century.
Character.
1800-1899

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index.

Contents:

"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.

Series:

The North's Civil War

ISBN:

082327182X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780823271825 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0823271811 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780823271818 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)925500050

LCCN:

2015042061

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)