Title The gentlemen and the roughs : manhood, honor, and violence in the Union Army / Lorien Foote.

Publication Info.	New York : New York University Press, [2010]
	©2010

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Description	1 online resource (x, 237 pages)
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Physical Medium	polychrome
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-223) and index.
Contents	Introduction: The contested terms of manhood -- "A good moral regiment" : conduct unbecoming a gentleman -- "The model of the gentleman" : gentility and self-control -- "A regular old-fashioned free fight" : physical prowess and honor -- "If you will go with me outside the lines" : dueling and the degenerate affair of honor -- "The thick-fingered clowns" : social status and discipline -- "The shoulder-strap gentry" : officers, privates, and equal manhood -- Conclusion: The war for manhood -- Appendix: Note on method and sources.
Summary	In this contribution to Civil War and gender history, Foote reveals that internal battles were fought against the backdrop of manhood. Clashing ideals of manliness produced myriad conflicts when educated, refined, and wealthy officers found themselves commanding a hard-drinking group of fighters.
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Subject	United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
	United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century.
	United States. Army.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Soldiers -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
	Soldiers.
	United States.
	Social conditions.
	Social classes -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Social classes.
	Social conflict -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Social conflict.
	Violence -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Violence.
	Honor -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Honor.
	Masculinity -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Masculinity.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
	American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Foote, Lorien, 1969- Gentlemen and the roughs. New York : New York University Press, ©2010 9780814727904 (DLC) 2009053606 (OCoLC)491917681
ISBN	9780814727959 (electronic book)
	0814727956 (electronic book)
	9780814727904
	0814727905
	1479897841
	9781479897841

Title The gentlemen and the roughs : manhood, honor, and violence in the Union Army / Lorien Foote.

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