Heroes and Cowards : : The Social Face of War /

Heroes and Cowards : : The Social Face of War / / Matthew E. Kahn, Dora L. Costa.

When are people willing to sacrifice for the common good? What are the benefits of friendship? How do communities deal with betrayal? And what are the costs and benefits of being in a diverse community? Using the life histories of more than forty thousand Civil War soldiers, Dora Costa and Matthew K...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Costa, Dora L.,
Kahn, Matthew E.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010]
©2009
Year of Publication:2010
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.) :; 12 halftones. 13 line illus. 1 table.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Plates
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Loyalty and Sacrifice
  • Chapter 2. Why the U.S. Civil War?
  • Chapter 3. Building the Armies
  • Chapter 4. Heroes and Cowards
  • Chapter 5. POW Camp Survivors
  • Chapter 6. The Homecoming of Heroes and Cowards
  • Chapter 7. Slaves Become Freemen
  • Chapter 8. Learning from the Past
  • Appendix: Records and Collection Methods
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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