Richmond During the War

Four Years of Personal Observation

Автор: Sallie Brock Putnam

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Издател: University of Nebraska Press

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The Civil War turned the genteel world of Virginia society upside-down for Sallie Brock Putnam. She...

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Автор

Sallie Brock Putnam

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

1996

страници

373

EAN

9780803287457

ISBN

0803287453

Enbook ID

04924555

Издател

University of Nebraska Press

Теглоt

412

Размери

133 x 210 x 21

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The Civil War turned the genteel world of Virginia society upside-down for Sallie Brock Putnam. She lived in the Confederate capital of Richmond throughout the war and saw it transformed from a quiet town of culture to a swollen refugee camp, black-market center, prison venue, and hospital complex. As the smoke from nearby battlefields drifted into town, swaggering young soldiers and ambulance trains filled the streets. Putnam describes the excitement of secession giving way to sacrifice and grim determination, the women of Richmond aiding the war effort, the funerals and hasty weddings, the reduced circumstances of even the "best" families, and the despicable profiteering. Asserting that "every woman was to some extent a politician," she offers keen analyses of military engagements, criticizes political decisions, and provides accounts of the Richmond Bread Riot of 1863 and the inauguration of Jefferson Davis that have been praised by historians. The war brought the battlefield into the house, forcing women into unaccustomed roles and forever changing the old social order. Virginia Scharff is an associate professor of history at the University of New Mexico and the author of Taking the Wheel: Women and the Coming of the Motor Age.

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