Empty Sleeves |
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| Author:
| Wade, Sidney |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-1279-8 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1991 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $24.00 |
Book Description:
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The US Civil War acted like a battering ram on human beings, shattering both flesh and psyche. Brian Craig Miller shows in Empty Sleeves, the hospital emerged as the first arena where southerners faced the stark reality of what amputation would mean in southern society after the war.
The US Civil War acted like a battering ram on human beings, shattering both flesh and psyche. Brian Craig Miller shows in Empty Sleeves, the hospital emerged as the first arena where southerners faced the stark reality of what amputation would mean in southern society after the war.