A nation unraveled : clothing, culture, and violence in the American Civil War era / Sarah Jones Weicksel.
| Author/creator | Weicksel, Sarah Jones author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2026] |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | xvi, 333 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Clothing, culture, and violence in the American Civil War era |
| Series | Civil War America Civil War America (Series) ^A325557 |
| Contents | Six feet of soldier with brass buttons: dressing men for war -- To make war upon women: producing clothes for war -- They call it patriotism: I call it indigo dye: dressing civilians for war -- Confronting emancipation: clothing and transformation -- Peeled bodies: wartime violence, violation, and destruction -- The unraveling of white southern dress culture: clothing in the wartime South -- The garb of treason: struggles over clothing at war's end -- Every rent and hole spoke words: clothing as relics and narratives of war. |
| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781469689180 |
| LCCN | 2025022650 |
| ISBN | 9781469689135 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1469689138 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781469689142 paperback |
| ISBN | 1469689146 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| Standard identifier# | CIPO000313368 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | Item has been checked out | GT610 .W48 2026 | Due 10/14/2026 | Want This? |