Midnight in America : darkness, sleep, and dreams during the Civil War / Jonathan W. White.

By:

White, Jonathan W, 1979- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Civil War America (Series)Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781469632056
1469632055
9781469632063
1469632063

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Midnight in America.DDC classification:

154.6/3097309034 23

LOC classification:

BF1078 .W45 2017eb

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Contents:

The soldier's rest -- The soldier's dream -- Civilians' dreams -- African American dreams -- Dreams of the dying -- Dreams in popular culture -- Lincoln's dreams of death -- Epilogue: it seems like a dream.

Summary: Jonathan W. White explores what dreams meant to Civil War-era Americans and what their dreams reveal about their experiences during the war. He shows how Americans grappled with their fears, desires, and struggles while they slept, and how their dreams helped them make sense of the confusion, despair, and loneliness that engulfed them.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Jonathan W. White explores what dreams meant to Civil War-era Americans and what their dreams reveal about their experiences during the war. He shows how Americans grappled with their fears, desires, and struggles while they slept, and how their dreams helped them make sense of the confusion, despair, and loneliness that engulfed them.

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