Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 215 pages) : illustrations |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-208) and index. |
Contents |
Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. ""Our Bright Youth""; 2. The Politicized Belle; 3. The Self-Sufficient Daughter; 4. The Perfect Woman; 5. The Confederate Belle Ideal; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover. |
Summary |
Confederate Daughters: Coming of Age during the Civil War explores gender, age, and Confederate identity by examining the lives of teenage daughters of Southern slaveholding, secessionist families. These young women clung tenaciously to the gender ideals that upheld marriage and motherhood as the fulfillment of female duty and to the racial order of the slaveholding South, an institution that defined their status and afforded them material privileges. Author Victoria E. Ott discusses how the loyalty of young Southern women to the fledgling nation, born out of a conserv. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
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Young women -- Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.
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Young women. |
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Social conditions. |
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Women, White -- Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.
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Women, White. |
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Teenage girls -- Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.
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Teenage girls. |
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Group identity -- Confederate States of America -- History.
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Group identity. |
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History. |
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Nationalism -- Confederate States of America -- History.
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Nationalism. |
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Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.
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Young women -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
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Southern States. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Teenage girls -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
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Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Ott, Victoria E., 1971- Confederate daughters. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2008 9780809328284 0809328283 (DLC) 2007020904 (OCoLC)137325098 |
ISBN |
9781435663565 (electronic book) |
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143566356X (electronic book) |
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9780809387014 (e-book) |
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0809387018 |
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9780809387014 |
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9780809328284 (alkaline paper) |
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0809328283 (alkaline paper) |
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0809333759 |
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9780809333752 |
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