{"product_id":"the-gentlemen-and-the-roughs-violence-honor-and-manhood-in-the-union-army","title":"Gentlemen and the Roughs","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinalist for the 2011 Gilder\u003cbr\u003e\nLehrman Lincoln Prize\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"A seminal work. . . . One of\u003cbr\u003e\nthe best examples of new, sophisticated scholarship on the social history of\u003cbr\u003e\nCivil War soldiers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n—The Journal of Southern History\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n“Will undoubtedly, and properly, be\u003cbr\u003e\nread as the latest word on the role of manhood in the internal dynamics of the\u003cbr\u003e\nUnion army.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n—Journal of the Civil War Era\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDuring the Civil War, the Union\u003cbr\u003e\narmy appeared cohesive enough to withstand four years of grueling war against\u003cbr\u003e\nthe Confederates and to claim victory in 1865. But fractiousness bubbled below\u003cbr\u003e\nthe surface of the North’s presumably united front. Internal fissures were rife\u003cbr\u003e\nwithin the Union army: class divisions, regional antagonisms, ideological\u003cbr\u003e\ndifferences, and conflicting personalities all distracted the army from\u003cbr\u003e\nquelling the Southern rebellion. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn this highly original\u003cbr\u003e\ncontribution to Civil War and gender history, Lorien Foote reveals that these internal\u003cbr\u003e\nbattles were fought against the backdrop of manhood. Clashing ideals of\u003cbr\u003e\nmanliness produced myriad conflicts, as when educated, refined, and wealthy\u003cbr\u003e\nofficers (“gentlemen”) found themselves commanding a hard-drinking group of\u003cbr\u003e\nfighters (“roughs”)—a dynamic that often resulted in violence and even death. Based\u003cbr\u003e\non extensive research into heretofore ignored primary sources, The Gentlemen and the Roughs uncovers\u003cbr\u003e\nholes in our understanding of the men who fought the Civil War and the society\u003cbr\u003e\nthat produced them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54025343893848,"sku":null,"price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781479897841__676f780054ccf.jpg?v=1741159613","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-gentlemen-and-the-roughs-violence-honor-and-manhood-in-the-union-army","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}