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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780807858196 |
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Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press |
Publication date: | 02/26/2007 |
Series: | Civil War America |
Edition description: | 1 |
Pages: | 376 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.84(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I On Duty
1 Women at the Front
2 Getting to the Hospital
3 Adjusting to Hospital Life
4 Coming into Their Own
Part II The Legacy of War Work
5 After the War
6 Pensioning Women
7 Memory and the Triumphal Narrative
Appendix: A Note on Historiography
Notes
Bibliography
Index
What People are Saying About This
Schultz has enriched the historiography on women's war experiences in general and on the formative role of gender . . . in this particular war.Military History of the West
[An] absorbing and meticulously researched history, and a useful introduction to Civil War histories written in the early postwar period.Metascience
[A] thorough, insightful, and carefully written history. . . . Engrossing and enlightening.American Historical Review
"This absorbing book recovers a largely unknown history of the twenty thousand women who served Confederate and Union hospitals during the Civil War. . . . [A] compelling . . . account that is both empathic and unsentimental toward [the] subjects. The result is a nuanced and thoughtful interpretation of women at the front.Journal of Southern History
[Schultz] alone has assiduously mined a treasure trove of . . . information. . . . [This] superlative book is invaluable and should be read and considered by everyone interested in the Civil War.Historian
Indispensable for any one interested in the vast contributions that women North and South, black and white, made to the relief of suffering of the sick, wounded, and dying soldiers of the Union and Confederate armies.Journal of Civil War Medicine
An important and original work.Civil War News
Reflects the best aspects of modern historical scholarship. . . . An insightful study that balances individual stories with an analytical edge.Southern Historian
This is a wonderful text for anyone interested in women's lives during and in the aftermath of the American Civil War. With intelligible graphs and interesting photographs, and based heavily on original archival research, Schulz has produced a readable, hugely enjoyable and intellectually stimulating text which is to be highly commended for its scope, content and clarity.Women's History Magazine
Clearly written and mercifully uncluttered by jargon. . . . This slim volume makes a solid case for reexaming some long-held impressions about ancient Roman religion and the place of women within it.Historian