At war with king alcohol: debating drinking and masculinity in the Civil War
Megan L. Bever
- Resource Type:
- E-Book
- Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
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- Summary:
- "Wartime consumption of beer, wine, and spirits by civilians and soldiers in both North and South inflected debates over alcohol's effects on the individual body as well as the body politic. While drunkenness was a clear vice that threatened the war effort on both sides of the conflict, alcohol nevertheless was integral in military culture and medical departments for keeping soldiers healthy and fit for service. Bever shows how over time, the idea spread that sobriety was an essential trait of good, patriotic men, but this left Civil War veterans (many of whom continued to drink) outside the culture of acceptable masculine behavior at war's end"-- [Provided by publisher]
- Table of Contents:
- A revival of the temperance cause?
- Supplying the spirit ration in the Union and Confederate armies
- The drinking practices of officers and enlisted men
- Mishaps, morality, masculinity, and military discipline
- Military regulations and civilian sellers
- Controlling the traffic in the Union and Confederate states
- Drinking, duty, and disloyalty.
- Author/Creator:
- Bever, Megan L. (Megan Leigh), 1984- , author
- Languages:
- English
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- Item content: English
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- General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record. - Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Call Numbers:
- E607 .B485 2022eb
- ISBNs:
- 9781469669564 (electronic bk.)
1469669560 (electronic bk.)
9781469669533 [Invalid]
1469669536 [Invalid]
9781469669540 [Invalid]
1469669544 [Invalid] - OCLC Numbers:
- 1342500193
- Other Control Numbers:
- EBC29574227 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp303091283