Women's war : fighting and surviving the American Civil War / Stephanie McCurry.
Women's war : fighting and surviving the American Civil War / Stephanie McCurry.
Women's war : fighting and surviving the American Civil War / Stephanie McCurry.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019.
Call Numbers
G 2019/4163
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xii, 297 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Enemy women and the laws of war -- The story of the black soldier's wife -- Reconstructing a life amidst the ruins.
Publication information
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2019.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The Civil War is remembered as a war of brother against brother, with women standing innocently on the sidelines. But battlefield realities soon challenged this simplistic understanding of women's place in war. Stephanie McCurry shows that women were indispensable to the unfolding of the Civil War, as they have been--and continue to be--in all wars...
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Women's war : fighting and surviving the American Civil War / Stephanie McCurry.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
©2019
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Call Numbers
G 2019/4163
Record Identifier
74VKVlpW5j4Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVlpW5j4Z
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ISBN
0674987977 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780674987975 hardcover ; alkaline paper
DDC
973.7082
MMS ID
991024259217902626
