Northern Character : College-Educated New Englanders, Honor, Nationalism, and Leadership in the Civil War Era Hardback
by Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai
Part of the The North's Civil War series
Hardback
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The elite young men who inhabited northern antebellum states-the New Brahmins-developed their leadership class identity based on the term "character": an idealized internal standard of behavior consisting most importantly of educated, independent thought and selfless action.
With its unique focus on Union honor, nationalism, and masculinity, Northern Character addresses the motivating factors of these young college-educated Yankees who rushed into the armed forces to take their place at the forefront of the Union's war. This social and intellectual history tells the New Brahmins' story from the campus to the battlefield and, for the fortunate ones, home again.
Northern Character examines how these good and moral "men of character" interacted with common soldiers and faced battle, reacted to seeing the South and real southerners, and approached race, Reconstruction, and Reconciliation.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:278 pages
- Publisher:Fordham University Press
- Publication Date:01/06/2016
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- ISBN:9780823271818
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Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:278 pages
- Publisher:Fordham University Press
- Publication Date:01/06/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9780823271818
