Steven m stowe (91 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Americans wrote fiercely during the Civil War. War surprised, devastated, and opened up imagination, taking hold of Americans' words as well as their homes and families. The personal diary--wildly ragged yet rooted in day following day--was one place Americans wrote their war. Diaries, then, have become one of the best-known, most-used sources for exploring the life of the mind in a war-torn place and time. Delving into several familiar wartime diaries kept by women of the southern slave-owning class, Steven Stowe recaptures their motivations to keep the days close even as war tore apart the brutal system of slavery that had benefited them. Whether the diarists recorded thoughts about themselves, their opinions about men, or their observations about slavery, race, and warfare, Stowe shows how these women, by writing the immediate moment, found meaning in a changing world.In studying the inner lives of these unsympathetic characters, Stowe also explores the importance--and the limits--of historical empathy as a condition for knowing the past, demonstrating how these plain, first-draft texts can offer new ways to make sense of the world in which these Confederate women lived.…

Hardback. Condición: Good. Steven M. Stowe provides an in-depth study of the midcentury culture of everyday medicine in the South. Reading the personal letters, day-books, diaries, bedside notes, and published writings of doctors, Stowe illuminates a world of sickness and remedy, suffering and hope, and the ties between medicine and regional culture. …

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Americans wrote fiercely during the Civil War. War surprised, devastated, and opened up imagination, taking hold of Americans' words as well as their homes and families. The personal diary--wildly ragged yet rooted in day following day--was one place Americans wrote their war. Diaries, then, have become one of the best-known, most-used sources for exploring the life of the mind in a war-torn place and time. Delving into several familiar wartime diaries kept by women of the southern slave-owning class, Steven Stowe recaptures their motivations to keep the days close even as war tore apart the brutal system of slavery that had benefited them. Whether the diarists recorded thoughts about themselves, their opinions about men, or their observations about slavery, race, and warfare, Stowe shows how these women, by writing the immediate moment, found meaning in a changing world.In studying the inner lives of these unsympathetic characters, Stowe also explores the importance--and the limits--of historical empathy as a condition for knowing the past, demonstrating how these plain, first-draft texts can offer new ways to make sense of the world in which these Confederate women lived.…

Hardback. Condición: Good. Steven M. Stowe provides an in-depth study of the midcentury culture of everyday medicine in the South. Reading the personal letters, day-books, diaries, bedside notes, and published writings of doctors, Stowe illuminates a world of sickness and remedy, suffering and hope, and the ties between medicine and regional culture. …

Condición: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Soft cover. Condición: Fine. Trade paperback.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. No jacket. Cover is shelf worn and slightly smudges on the top edge, not affecting legibility, otherwise cover is in great condition. Binding is tight and inside is clean, bright, and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Never read, no marks or highlighting in the book. Our copy is hardback with printed covers, showing light shelf-wear.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

Condición: New.

Original publisher's light-green paperback, pictorial frontcover, 8vo: xx, 310pp., [iv], notes & references, general bibliography, index. Very fine copy - as new. Volume New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History.

paperback. Condición: Very Good.

Paperback or Softback. Condición: New. Intimacy and Power in the Old South: Ritual in the Lives of the Planters. Book.

Condición: New.

Condición: New.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

8vo,309pp. Near fine paperback copy.

First printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page). xii, 373, [1] pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket lightly rubbed; minor bumps at edges; negligible tear at head of front flap fold. Blue cloth with vibrant gilt stamped spine lettering. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. ISBN 0807828858.…

Hardcover. Condición: Gut. XVIII,309 S. Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Signatur und Stempel. GUTER Zustand, ein paar Gebrauchsspuren. Ex-library with stamp and library-signature. GOOD condition, some traces of use. faiv45 0801833884 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 650.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. A lovely copy of this scarce issue! Fine condition -- clean, bright, tight -- with no markings or defects. Also includes poems by Hayden Carruth and Dabney Stuart. Ships from NC. All journals are sealed in recycled plastic, packaged securely with recycled cardboard backing, and shipped promptly.…

Condición: New.

Condición: New.

Paperback / softback. Condición: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condición: New. Doctoring the South: Southern Physicians and Everyday Medicine in the Mid-Nineteenth Century (Paperback or Softback).

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Unread and unopened. The cover has very slight shelf wear. No dust jacket.

Condición: New.