Midnight in America - Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams during the Civil War White Jonathan W.Paperback / softback
Midnight in America - Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams during the Civil War White Jonathan W.Paperback / softback The Civil War brought many forms of upheaval to America, not only in waking hours but also…
Specifikacia Midnight in America - Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams during the Civil War White Jonathan W.Paperback / softback
Midnight in America - Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams during the Civil War White Jonathan W.Paperback / softback
The Civil War brought many forms of upheaval to America, not only in waking hours but also in the dark of night. Sometimes their nightly visions brought the horrors of the conflict vividly to life. Sleeplessness plagued the Union and Confederate armies, and dreams of war glided through the minds of Americans in both the North and South.
In this innovative new study, Jonathan W. But for others, nighttime was an escape from the hard realities of life and death in wartime. 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.White takes readers into the deepest, darkest, and most intimate places of the Civil War,