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A Nation Unraveled: Clothing, Culture, and Violence in the American Civil War Era

Name: A Nation Unraveled: Clothing, Culture, and Violence in the American Civil War Era
Brand: University of North Carolina Press
SKU: 9781469689135
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Contributors:

Sarah Jones Weicksel

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

History, Social Science

Book Subcategory:

United States, Cultural & Ethnic Studies

Book Topic:

Civil War Period (1850-1877), American

Series:

Civil War America

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Release Date:

1/6/2026

ISBN 13:

9781469689135

Weight:

1.48 lbs

Size:

9.21 x 6.14 x 0.94 inches

Pages:

352

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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 the collections they 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, Northerners and Southerners alike understood that clothing--from the weave of a fabric to the style and make of a coat--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 the meanings clothing had for Civil War Americans. Contributing to the growing body of scholarship on the material culture of the Civil War, Weicksel invites readers to understand how the war penetrated daily life by focusing on the intimate, visceral, material experiences that shaped how people moved through the world.

About the Author
Sarah Jones Weicksel is executive director of the American Historical Association.

A Nation Unraveled: Clothing, Culture, and Violence in the American Civil War Era

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