
The Last Generation
Young Virginians in Peace, War, and Reunion
Peter S. Carmichael(Author)
The University of North Carolina Press
Published on 30. September 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-0-8078-6185-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book deals with coming of age in the 1850s and '60s. Challenging the popular conception of Southern youth on the eve of the Civil War as intellectually lazy, violent, and dissipated, Peter Carmichael looks closely at the lives of more than one hundred young white men from Virginia's last generation to grow up with the institution of slavery. He finds them deeply engaged in the political, economic, and cultural forces of their time. Carmichael argues that their experiences force us to reexamine the nature of Southern manhood and shed new light on the formation and reformation of Southern identity during the turbulent last half of the nineteenth century.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chapel Hill
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
613 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8078-6185-1 (9780807861851)
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12/2015
The University of North Carolina Press
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Person
PETER S. CARMICHAEL is Eberly Professor of Civil War History at West Virginia University. His books include Lee's Young Artillerist: William R. J. Pegram and Audacity Personified: The Generalship of Robert E. Lee.