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Author | : John D. Wright |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2001-08-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0313017301 |
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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 |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2009-07 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780674030268 |
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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 | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Americanisms |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John D. Wright |
Publisher | : Greenwood |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2001-08-30 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : |
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Compilation of slang, nicknames, military jargon, idioms, colloquialisms, and other words and expressions used (and often originating) during the Civil War.
Author | : James Dawes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2002 |
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ISBN | : |
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Author | : Webb B. Garrison |
Publisher | : Cumberland House Publishing |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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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 | : Philip J. Haythornthwaite |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : |
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Author | : Michael P. Kramer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 1992-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780608045177 |
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Author | : Alfred Grant |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780786406302 |
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Those writing for the British press of the mid-Victorian era were masters of the English language, given to tirades of grand oratory. They liked to cover the former colonies, arousing rhetorical fears among Britons over the increasing power of the United States. With the advent of the American Civil War, the British press had the perfect opportunity to practice their peculiar brand of journalism. The South was the home of virtuous aristocrats, and Lincoln had bad taste, bad grammar and the respect of no one. Selections from all of Britain's major Civil War-era newspapers and magazines (along with numerous pamphlets) are presented, with the author's historical and editorial comments. A revealing assessment of British journalistic treatment of the War Between the States is the result. Sections of the book are devoted to the British press' handling of contentious issues between the North and South, specific battles or persons, a detailed profile of The Times of London (including personal correspondence) with examples of the bias in favor of the Confederacy in The Times' reportage, and the portrayal by the press of Lincoln's presidency upon his assassination (suddenly The Times found wisdom and goodness).
Author | : Michael P. Kramer |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2014-07-14 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1400862264 |
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In this study of the rhetoric of American writings on language, Michael Kramer argues that the prevalent critical distinction between imaginative and nonimaginative writing is of limited theoretical use. Breaking down the artificial, disciplinary barriers between two areas of scholarly inquiry--the literature of the American Renaissance and the study of language in the United States between the Revolution and the Civil War--Kramer finds in various walks of intellectual life a broad range of writers who "imagined language" for the new experiment in self-government. Each of these men combined ideas about language with ideas about America so as to form cultural fictions, or creative renderings of the nation--its meaning, its character, and how it worked. In order to reassess American linguistic and literary nationalism, Kramer allows Noah Webster, whose influential grammatical and lexicographic works have been considered only marginal to literary history, to share the stage with more conventionally literary figures--the neglected Longfellow and the canonical Whitman. Then an essay on The Federalist and the pragmatic language-related problems faced by the founding fathers introduces revisionary analyses of two New England writers who confronted American culture and society through their Romantic critiques of language: the minister and theologian Horace Bushnell and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.