The Language Of The Civil War

Author : John D. Wright
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313017301
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Language of the Civil War written by John D. Wright and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-08-30 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's language changed, along with its history, because of the Civil War. Nowhere is the point more riveting than in The Language of the Civil War. This is a unique compilation of slang, nicknames, military jargon and terminology, idioms, colloquialisms, and other words are expressions used (and often originating) during the American Civil War. Organized like a standard dictionary, this volume contains approximately 4,000 entries that focus primarily on everyday camp life, military hardware, and military organization. This one-of-a-kind reference work will make it easy for readers to learn the origin and meaning of such Civil War terms as Buttermilk Rangers, jackstraws, Nassau bacon, pumpkin slinger, and stand the gaff. Language of the Civil War contains words originating during the American Civil War. Besides explaining terms and phrases no longer in use, the entries also provide the origins of many common expressions or the original meanings of many familiar sayings that have since changed meaning or connotation. Although many of the terms arose from the nature and needs of life in the military camps, others were in common use in civilian society across both the North and the South. Illustrated with 50 photos and drawings, the volume is a unique resource for students, scholars, reference librarians, and Civil War enthusiasts and reenactors.

Author : James Dawes
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674030268
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Language of War written by James Dawes and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A distinguished and experienced appellate court judge, Posner offers in this new book a unique and, to orthodox legal thinkers, a startling perspective on how judges and justices decide cases.

Author : John D. Wright
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Language of the Civil War written by John D. Wright and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2001-08-30 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compilation of slang, nicknames, military jargon, idioms, colloquialisms, and other words and expressions used (and often originating) during the Civil War.

Author : Diane Purkiss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0786732628
Total Pages : 677 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The English Civil War written by Diane Purkiss and published by . This book was released on 2009-03-25 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling history of the violent struggle between the monarchy and Parliament that tore apart seventeenth-century England, a rising star among British historians sheds new light on the people who fought and died through those tumultuous years. Drawing on exciting new sources, including letters, memoirs, ballads, plays, illustrations, and even cookbooks, Diane Purkiss creates a rich and nuanced portrait of this turbulent era. The English Civil War’s dramatic consequences-rejecting the divine right monarchy in favor of parliamentary rule-continue to influence our lives, and in this colorful narrative, Purkiss vividly brings to life the history that changed the course of Western government.

Author : Philip J. Haythornthwaite
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The English Civil War written by Philip J. Haythornthwaite and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Webb B. Garrison
Publisher : Cumberland House Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Civil War Usage written by Webb B. Garrison and published by Cumberland House Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to the language used by the generation whose lived and fought during the Civil War explains words and phrases (including nicknames and slang) that were commonly used. Examples of words and phrases are illustrated throughout with period art and photos.

Author : Walter D. Kamphoefner
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807876593
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Germans in the Civil War written by Walter D. Kamphoefner and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: German Americans were one of the largest immigrant groups in the Civil War era, and they comprised nearly 10 percent of all Union troops. Yet little attention has been paid to their daily lives--both on the battlefield and on the home front--during the war. This collection of letters, written by German immigrants to friends and family back home, provides a new angle to our understanding of the Civil War experience and challenges some long-held assumptions about the immigrant experience at this time. Originally published in Germany in 2002, this collection contains more than three hundred letters written by seventy-eight German immigrants--men and women, soldiers and civilians, from the North and South. Their missives tell of battles and boredom, privation and profiteering, motives for enlistment and desertion and for avoiding involvement altogether. Although written by people with a variety of backgrounds, these letters describe the conflict from a distinctly German standpoint, the editors argue, casting doubt on the claim that the Civil War was the great melting pot that eradicated ethnic antagonisms.

Author : James Dawes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Language of War written by James Dawes and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Malcolm Wanklyn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317868390
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Military History of the English Civil War written by Malcolm Wanklyn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Military History of the English Civil War examines how the civil war was won, who fought for whom, and why it ended. With a straightforward style and clear chronology that enables readers to make their own judgements and pursue their own interests further, this original history provides a thorough critique of the reasons that have been cited for Parliament's victory and the King's defeat in 1645/46. It discusses the strategic options of the Parliamentary and Royalist commanders and councils of war and analyses the decisions they made, arguing that the King’s faulty command structure was more responsible for his defeat than Sir Thomas Fairfax's strategic flair. It also argues that the way that resources were used, rather than the resources themselves, explain why the war ended when it did.

Author : Michael P. Kramer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780608045177
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imagining Language in America written by Michael P. Kramer and published by . This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: