Private Confederacies: The Emotional Worlds of Southern Men as Citizens and Soldiers

Author:   James J. Broomall
Publisher:   The University of North Carolina Press
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9781469651989


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   30 March 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   James J. Broomall
Publisher:   The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint:   The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN:  

9781469651989


ISBN 10:   146965198
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   30 March 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Succeeds in illuminating the murky, oft-neglected human factors that shaped the Civil War. . . . A valuable addition.--Journal of America's Military Past


Broomall's conclusions are bold and indeed timely. . . . Private Confederacies deserves a wide readership. It asks new questions and tells us new things about how the Civil War and Reconstruction actually felt.--Journal of the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era Succeeds in illuminating the murky, oft-neglected human factors that shaped the Civil War. . . . A valuable addition.--Journal of America's Military Past


Astute analysis and engaging source material make Private Confederacies a worthwhile addition to the literature on the soldiers of the Civil War.--Civil War Monitor White men of the Civil War-era South often appear in popular memory as stock figures with limited emotional ranges: hotheaded bullies, stoic warriors, or pious defenders of hearth and home. With Private Confederacies: The Emotional Worlds of Southern Men as Citizens and Soldiers, James J. Broomall cuts through these condescending caricatures in a methodologically sophisticated study of Confederate soldiers, which offers nuanced analysis and embraces the ambiguity and diversity of emotional experience.--American Historical Review An important book that reveals the inner and emotional world of Confederate soldiers. . . . Broomall is a gifted writer. . . . and one expects much more from him in future years.--North Carolina Historical Review Memorable historical actors, engaging prose, and a compelling portrayal of white southern men's emotional worlds make Broomall's Private Confederacies a highly readable and important volume for students and scholars of the nineteenth-century United States.--Journal of Southern History Brings a new form of analysis to Civil War historiography by drawing on methodologies of emotions history and gender history in order to better understand the mentalities and experiences of Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. . . . These responses provide new depth and complexity to scholars' understanding of the culture of the Civil War and its aftermath.--H-Net Reviews Broomall's conclusions are bold and indeed timely. . . . Private Confederacies deserves a wide readership. It asks new questions and tells us new things about how the Civil War and Reconstruction actually felt.--Journal of the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era Succeeds in illuminating the murky, oft-neglected human factors that shaped the Civil War. . . . A valuable addition.--Journal of America's Military Past


Brings a new form of analysis to Civil War historiography by drawing on methodologies of emotions history and gender history in order to better understand the mentalities and experiences of Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. . . . These responses provide new depth and complexity to scholars' understanding of the culture of the Civil War and its aftermath.--H-Net Reviews Broomall's conclusions are bold and indeed timely. . . . Private Confederacies deserves a wide readership. It asks new questions and tells us new things about how the Civil War and Reconstruction actually felt.--Journal of the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era Succeeds in illuminating the murky, oft-neglected human factors that shaped the Civil War. . . . A valuable addition.--Journal of America's Military Past


Succeeds in illuminating the murky, oft-neglected human factors that shaped the Civil War. . . . A valuable addition.--Journal of America's Military Past Broomall's conclusions are bold and indeed timely. . . . Private Confederacies deserves a wide readership. It asks new questions and tells us new things about how the Civil War and Reconstruction actually felt.--Journal of the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era Brings a new form of analysis to Civil War historiography by drawing on methodologies of emotions history and gender history in order to better understand the mentalities and experiences of Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. . . . These responses provide new depth and complexity to scholars' understanding of the culture of the Civil War and its aftermath.--H-Net Reviews Memorable historical actors, engaging prose, and a compelling portrayal of white southern men's emotional worlds make Broomall's Private Confederacies a highly readable and important volume for students and scholars of the nineteenth-century United States.--Journal of Southern History


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James J. Broomall is assistant professor of history at Shepherd University and director of the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War.

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