A place called Appomattox /
In A Place Called Appomattox, William Marvel turns his extensive Civil War scholarship toward Appomattox County, Virginia, and the village of Appomattox Court House, which became synonymous with the end of the Civil War when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant there in 1865. Marvel present...
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
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| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
2008.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=234997 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Place called Appomattox. |
| Резюме: |
In A Place Called Appomattox, William Marvel turns his extensive Civil War scholarship toward Appomattox County, Virginia, and the village of Appomattox Court House, which became synonymous with the end of the Civil War when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant there in 1865. Marvel presents a formidably researched and elegantly written analysis of the county from 1848 to 1877, using it as a microcosm of Southern attitudes, class issues, and shifting cultural mores that shaped the Civil War and its denouement. With an eye toward correcting cultural myths an. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781435667440 1435667441 0809328313 9780809328314 9780809387205 0809387204 |