Title
Moments of despair [electronic resource] : suicide, divorce, & debt in Civil War era North Carolina / David Silkenat.
ISBN
9781469603353 (ebook) :
Published
Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 296 p.) : ill.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Summary
During the Civil War era, black and white North Carolinians were forced to reinterpret fundamentally the morality of suicide, divorce and debt as these experiences became pressing issues throughout the region and nation. In 'Moments of Despair', David Silkenat explores these shifting sentiments.
Variant and related titles
North Carolina scholarship online.
Other formats
Print version
Added to Catalog
May 06, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.