{"product_id":"the-gentlemen-and-the-roughs-9780814727959","title":"The Gentlemen and the Roughs","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinalist for the 2011 Gilder\u003cbr\u003eLehrman Lincoln Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A seminal work. . . . One of\u003cbr\u003ethe best examples of new, sophisticated scholarship on the social history of\u003cbr\u003eCivil War soldiers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—The Journal of Southern History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Will undoubtedly, and properly, be\u003cbr\u003eread as the latest word on the role of manhood in the internal dynamics of the\u003cbr\u003eUnion army.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Journal of the Civil War Era\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the Civil War, the Union\u003cbr\u003earmy appeared cohesive enough to withstand four years of grueling war against\u003cbr\u003ethe Confederates and to claim victory in 1865. But fractiousness bubbled below\u003cbr\u003ethe surface of the North’s presumably united front. Internal fissures were rife\u003cbr\u003ewithin the Union army: class divisions, regional antagonisms, ideological\u003cbr\u003edifferences, and conflicting personalities all distracted the army from\u003cbr\u003equelling the Southern rebellion. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this highly original\u003cbr\u003econtribution to Civil War and gender history, Lorien Foote reveals that these internal\u003cbr\u003ebattles were fought against the backdrop of manhood. Clashing ideals of\u003cbr\u003emanliness produced myriad conflicts, as when educated, refined, and wealthy\u003cbr\u003eofficers (“gentlemen”) found themselves commanding a hard-drinking group of\u003cbr\u003efighters (“roughs”)—a dynamic that often resulted in violence and even death. Based\u003cbr\u003eon extensive research into heretofore ignored primary sources, The Gentlemen and the Roughs uncovers\u003cbr\u003eholes in our understanding of the men who fought the Civil War and the society\u003cbr\u003ethat produced them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lorien Foote","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48299622301947,"sku":"9780814727959","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_b46b1c07-9d2d-4c4c-9255-65d1b6a85445.jpg?v=1771886578","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-gentlemen-and-the-roughs-9780814727959","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}