The Emotional Worlds of Southern Men as Citizens and Soldiers
by
James J. Broomall
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
How did the Civil War, emancipation, and Reconstruction shape the masculinity of white Confederate veterans? As James J. Broomall shows, the crisis of the war forced a reconfiguration of the emotional worlds of the men who took up arms for the South. Raised in an antebellum culture that demanded restraint...