Occupied Women Gender, Military Occupation, and the American Civil War |
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| Editor:
| Whites, LeeAnn
Long, Alecia P. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8071-3717-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
| Publisher: | LSU Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $21.50 |
Book Description:
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In Occupied Women, twelve distinguished historians consider how women's reactions to occupation affected both the strategies of military leaders and ultimately even the outcome of the Civil War. Historians have traditionally depicted Confederate women as helpless in the face of occupying armies, but these essays demonstrate that women came together to form a strong, localized resistance to military invasion. This pioneering collection uses the female perspective to reconfigure...
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In Occupied Women, twelve distinguished historians consider how women's reactions to occupation affected both the strategies of military leaders and ultimately even the outcome of the Civil War. Historians have traditionally depicted Confederate women as helpless in the face of occupying armies, but these essays demonstrate that women came together to form a strong, localized resistance to military invasion. This pioneering collection uses the female perspective to reconfigure sources of conflict and the chronology of the American Civil War.