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Civil Wars: Women and the Crisis of Southern Nationalism
George C. Rable
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Description for Civil Wars: Women and the Crisis of Southern Nationalism
Paperback. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSJ1; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Born into a male-dominated society, southern women often chose to support patriarchy and their own celebrated roles as mothers, wives, and guardians of the home and humane values. George C. Rable uncovers the details of how women fit into the South's complex social order and how Southern social assumptions shaped their attitudes toward themselves, their families, and society as a whole. He reveals a bafflingly intricate social order and the ways the South's surprisingly diverse women shaped their own lives and minds despite strict boundaries. Paying particular attention to women during the Civil War, Roble illuminates their thoughts on the ... Read more
Born into a male-dominated society, southern women often chose to support patriarchy and their own celebrated roles as mothers, wives, and guardians of the home and humane values. George C. Rable uncovers the details of how women fit into the South's complex social order and how Southern social assumptions shaped their attitudes toward themselves, their families, and society as a whole. He reveals a bafflingly intricate social order and the ways the South's surprisingly diverse women shaped their own lives and minds despite strict boundaries. Paying particular attention to women during the Civil War, Roble illuminates their thoughts on the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Series
Women in American History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252062124
SKU
V9780252062124
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About George C. Rable
George C. Rable is professor emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Alabama. His books include Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg! and Damn Yankees! Demonization and Defiance in the Confederate South.
Reviews for Civil Wars: Women and the Crisis of Southern Nationalism
Winner of the 1989 Jefferson Davis Award of the Museum of the Confederacy, 1989. Winner of the Julia Cherry Spruill Prize of the Southern Association of Women Historians, 1991. "A well-written book of interest to both Confederate Civil War buffs and students of women's history in America. Rable has done an excellent job of weaving quotes from the ... Read more