Rose has created a compelling portrait of Civil War era American culture. Her 'Victorian Moment' is an ingenious inquiry into middle-class culture and how the Civil War changed or amplified trends ...

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tennessee, to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on the Florida coast. More than 3 million Americans fought in ...

However, whether for a few years or for a lifetime, women who dressed as men in 19th century America clearly rejected the strictures of Victorian ... of women in the Civil War era, sought ...

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Mahoney examines how members of the middle class from small cities across the great West were transformed by boom and bust, years of recession, and civil war. He argues that in their encounters with ...