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- catalog abstract ""In May 1861, Jefferson Davis issued a general call for volunteers for the Confederate Army. Men responded in such numbers that 200,000 had to be turned away. Few of these men would have attributed their zeal to the cause of states' rights or slavery. As All That Makes a Man: Love and Ambition in the Civil War South makes clear, most Southern men saw the war more simply as a test of their manhood, a chance to defend the honor of their sweethearts, fiancees, and wives back home." "Drawing upon diaries and personal letters, Stephen W. Berry II seamlessly weaves together the stories of six very different men, detailing the tangled roles that love and ambition played in each man's life. Their writings reveal a male-dominated Southern culture that exalted women as "repositories of divine grace" and treasured romantic love as the platform from which men launched their bids for greatness. The exhilarating onset of war seemed to these, and most Southern men, a grand opportunity to fulfill their ambition for glory and to prove their love for women on the same field of battle. As the realities of the war became apparent, however, the letters and diaries turned from idealized themes of honor and country to solemn reflections on love and home."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12688752.
- catalog coverage "Confederate States of America Social conditions.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Psychological aspects.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Drawing upon diaries and personal letters, Stephen W. Berry II seamlessly weaves together the stories of six very different men, detailing the tangled roles that love and ambition played in each man's life. Their writings reveal a male-dominated Southern culture that exalted women as "repositories of divine grace" and treasured romantic love as the platform from which men launched their bids for greatness. The exhilarating onset of war seemed to these, and most Southern men, a grand opportunity to fulfill their ambition for glory and to prove their love for women on the same field of battle.".
- catalog description ""In May 1861, Jefferson Davis issued a general call for volunteers for the Confederate Army. Men responded in such numbers that 200,000 had to be turned away. Few of these men would have attributed their zeal to the cause of states' rights or slavery. As All That Makes a Man: Love and Ambition in the Civil War South makes clear, most Southern men saw the war more simply as a test of their manhood, a chance to defend the honor of their sweethearts, fiancees, and wives back home."".
- catalog description "As the realities of the war became apparent, however, the letters and diaries turned from idealized themes of honor and country to solemn reflections on love and home."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-281) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- I. Men and Ambition: 1. All That Makes a Man ; 2. Two Separate Yet Most Intimate Things: Laurence Massillon Keitt: Politics as Epic Poem ; Henry Craft: The Memory of Love -- II. Men and Women: 3. Across a Great Divide ; 4. Purity and Desire: David Outlaw: This Hollow Hearted Sodom ; Harry St. John Dixon: An Apple Before a Child -- III. Men and War: 5. A Fountain of Waters ; 6. Looking Homeward: Nathaniel Dawson: The Unstudied Language of the Heart ; Theodorick Montfort: Something to Love and Pett -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 286 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0195145674 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Confederate States of America Social conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Confederate States of America".
- catalog spatial "Confederate States of America.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Psychological aspects.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "973.7/1 21".
- catalog subject "Ambition History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "E468.9 .B37 2003".
- catalog subject "Man-woman relationships Confederate States of America.".
- catalog subject "Men Confederate States of America Psychology.".
- catalog subject "Men Confederate States of America Social conditions.".
- catalog subject "Sex role Confederate States of America.".
- catalog subject "Soldiers Confederate States of America Psychology.".
- catalog subject "Soldiers Confederate States of America Social conditions.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- I. Men and Ambition: 1. All That Makes a Man ; 2. Two Separate Yet Most Intimate Things: Laurence Massillon Keitt: Politics as Epic Poem ; Henry Craft: The Memory of Love -- II. Men and Women: 3. Across a Great Divide ; 4. Purity and Desire: David Outlaw: This Hollow Hearted Sodom ; Harry St. John Dixon: An Apple Before a Child -- III. Men and War: 5. A Fountain of Waters ; 6. Looking Homeward: Nathaniel Dawson: The Unstudied Language of the Heart ; Theodorick Montfort: Something to Love and Pett -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog title "All that makes a man : love and ambition in the Civil War South / Stephen W. Berry II.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".