Northern character [electronic resource] :college-educated New Englanders, honor, nationalism, and leadership in the Civil War era / Kanisorn Wongsrichanala.
By: Wongsrichanalai, Kanisorn [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
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BookSeries: The North's Civil War.Publisher: New York : Fordham University Press, 2016. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm.).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780823271856.Subject(s): New England -- History -- 19th century | New England -- Civilization -- 19th century | New England -- Intellectual life -- 19th century | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects -- New England | Character | College students -- New England -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 973.7/1 Online resources: Full text available: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A stage with curtains drawn": New England college students and their world -- "The great people of the future": American civilization and national character -- To act like men: building character in the new Brahmins -- "To put those theories into practice": secession and the crisis of character -- Marching into "rebeldom": the failure of southern character -- The character to command -- Character triumphant: reconstruction, reform, and reconciliation -- Epilogue.
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