A Diary from Dixie
Mary Chesnut kept her diary from early in 1861, just before the Civil War began, to shortly after the end of the war, in 1865. Though not a day-by-day account of the conflict, the diary gives an up-close-and-personal view of this critical period in American history. Her commentary on the conversations and events of her day reveals a keen awareness of the oppression to which women--lack or white, slave or free--were subjected during that period. While she would not consider herself a feminist, her diary reveals sensibilities and concerns that place her far ahead of her time. The wife of a Confederate general, Mary Chesnut moved in the elite ci…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4341-0322-2
- EAN: 9781434103222
- Produktnummer: 11280570
- Verlag: Waking Lion Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 342 S.
- Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.1 cm x D2.7 cm 480 g
- Gewicht: 480
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