Nation Unraveled
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Author_Sarah Jones Weicksel
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Civil War and museums
Civil War civilian life
Civil War clothing
Civil War material culture
Civil War memory
Civil War objects
Civil War relics
Civil War soldiers
Civil War textiles
Civil War uniforms
clothing as historical artifact
clothing consumption
clothing of enslaved people
clothing production
destruction of clothing
emancipation of enslaved people
end of slavery
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Product details
- ISBN 9781469689135
- Dimensions: 25 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 06 Jan 2026
- Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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During the American Civil War, clothing became central to the ways people waged war and experienced its cost. Through the clothes they made, wore, mended, lost, and stole, Americans expressed their allegiances, showed their love, confronted their social and economic challenges, subverted expectations, and, ultimately, preserved their history. As collections left behind make clear, Civil War Americans believed clothing was not merely a reflection of one's class, gender, race, military rank, political ideology, or taste. Instead, from the weave of a fabric to the style and make of a coat, Northerners and Southerners alike understood that clothing had the power to affect people's way of living through the war's tumult.
In this compelling and well-illustrated history, Sarah Jones Weicksel reveals as never before the meanings of clothing to Civil War Americans. Contributing to the growing body of scholarship on the material culture of the Civil War, Weicksel invites readers to understand the depth of how war penetrated daily life by focusing on the intimate, visceral, material experiences that shaped how people moved through the world.
In this compelling and well-illustrated history, Sarah Jones Weicksel reveals as never before the meanings of clothing to Civil War Americans. Contributing to the growing body of scholarship on the material culture of the Civil War, Weicksel invites readers to understand the depth of how war penetrated daily life by focusing on the intimate, visceral, material experiences that shaped how people moved through the world.
Sarah Jones Weicksel is executive director of the American Historical Association.
