| Busy Hands: Images of the Family in the Northern Civil War Effort Contributor(s): Richard, Patricia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0823223000 ISBN-13: 9780823223008 Publisher: Fordham University Press OUR PRICE: $66.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2003 Annotation: Focusing on middle-class women's contributions to the northern Civil War effort, Patricia Richard shows how women utilized their power as moral agents to shape the way men survived the ravages of war. ""Home to the Camp" investigates the ways in which white and African American women used images of family and domestic life in their relief efforts to counter the effects of prostitution, gambling, profanity, and drinking, threatening men's postwar civilian fitness. Drawing on letters, diaries, and memoirs of Civil War nurses, sanitary workers, soldiers, and the soldiers' aid societies, Richard develops a new perspective on domestic influence on the war, as women sought to save soldiers from the dangers of the military world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 973.708 |
| LCCN: 2003014968 |
| Series: North's Civil War (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.55 lbs) 335 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Focusing on middle-class women's contributions to the northern Civil War effort, Patricia Richard shows how women utilized their power as moral agents to shape the way men survived the ravages of war. Busy Hands investigates the ways in which white and African American women used images of family and domestic life in their relief efforts to counter the effects of prostitution, gambling, profanity, and drinking, threatening men's postwar civilian fitness. Drawing on letters, diaries, and memoirs of Civil War nurses, sanitary workers, soldiers, and the soldiers' aid societies, Richard develops a new perspective on domestic influence on the war, as women sought to save soldiers from the dangers of the military world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Richard, Patricia: - Patricia Richard is Assistant Professor of History at Metropolitan State College of Denver. |