Heroes & cowards : the social face of war / / Dora L. Costa & Matthew E. Kahn.
Heroes and Cowards demonstrates the role that social capital plays in people's decisions. The makeup of various companies--whether soldiers were of the same ethnicity, age, and occupation--influenced whether soldiers remained loyal or whether they deserted. Costa and Kahn discuss how the soldie...
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| Superior document: | NBER series on long-term factors in economic development |
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | NBER series on long-term factors in economic development.
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| Physical Description: | xxvi, 315 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Loyalty and Sacrifice
- 2. Why the U.S. Civil War?
- 3. Building the Armies
- 4. Heroes and Cowards
- 5. POW Camp Survivors
- 6. The Homecoming of Heroes and Cowards
- 7. Slaves Become Freemen
- 8. Learning from the Past
- Appendix. Records and Collection Methods.