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Books by Diane Sommerville






Aberration of Mind
Suicide and Suffering in the Civil War–Era South
by Diane Miller Sommerville
Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2018 by The University Of North Carolina Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-4696-4330-4, ISBN: 1-4696-4330-8

"More than 150 years after its end, we still struggle to understand the full extent of the human toll of the Civil War and the psychological crisis it created. In Aberration of Mind, Diane Miller Sommerville offers the first book-length treatment of suicide in the South during the Civil War era, giving us insight into both white and black communities, Confederate soldiers and their families, as well as the enslaved and newly freed. With ..."






Rape and Race in the Nineteenth-Century South(1st Edition)
by Diane Miller Sommerville
Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2004 by The University Of North Carolina Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-5560-7, ISBN: 0-8078-5560-X






Rape and Race in the Nineteenth-Century South(1st Edition)
by Diane Miller Sommerville
Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2004 by The University Of North Carolina Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-2891-5, ISBN: 0-8078-2891-2

"Challenging notions of race and sexuality presumed to have originated and flourished in the slave South, Diane Miller Sommerville traces the evolution of white southerners' fears of black rape by examining actual cases of black-on-white rape throughout the nineteenth century. Sommerville demonstrates that despite draconian statutes, accused black rapists frequently avoided execution or castration, largely due to intervention by members ..."






Weirding the War
Stories from the Civil War's Ragged Edges (UnCivil Wars Ser.)
by Stephen Berry, Amy Taylor, Anya Jabour, Kenneth Noe, Leeann Whites, Michael Fellman, Paul Anderson, Emory Thomas, Michael Degruccio, Andrew Slap, Diane Miller Sommerville, Barton A. Myers, Megan Kate Nelson, Peter S. Carmichael, Joan E. Cashin, Lesley J. Gordon, Daniel E. Sutherland, Rodney J. Steward, Steven E. Nash, Brian Craig Miller, Daniel Sutherland, Peter Carmichael, Rodney Steward, Diane Sommerville, Brian Miller, Megan Nelson, Stephen William Berry
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2011 by University Of Georgia Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-4127-9, ISBN: 0-8203-4127-4

"“It is well that war is so terrible,” Robert E. Lee reportedly said, “or we would grow too fond of it.” The essays collected here make the case that we have grown too fond of it, and therefore we must make the war ter­rible again. Taking a “freakonomics” approach to Civil War studies, each contributor uses a seemingly unusual story, incident, or phenomenon to cast new light on the nature of the war itself. Collectively the essays remind ..."






Rape and Race in the Nineteenth-Century South
by Diane Miller Sommerville
432 Pages, Published 2005 by Univ Of North Carolina Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-7625-1, ISBN: 0-8078-7625-9

"Laura F. Edwards, ''Law, Domestic Violence, and the Limits of Patriarchal Authority in the Antebellum South,'' 741 n. 11. 12. Rothman, Notorious in the Neighborhood. 13. Jordan, White over Black. 14. Painter, '''Of Lily, Linda Brent, and Freud,'' 259; Hodes, White Women, Black Men; Hodes, ''The Sexualization of Reconstruction Politics''; Hodes, ''Wartime Dialogues on Illicit Sex''; Laura F. Edwards, ''The Disappearance of Susan Dan ..."






The Long Civil War
New Explorations of America's Enduring Conflict (New Directions In Southern History)
by John David Smith, Raymond Arsenault, Stanley Harrold, Daniel Kilbride
Hardcover, 230 Pages, Published 2021 by University Press Of Kentucky 2021-07-20
ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-8130-1, ISBN: 0-8131-8130-5






Writing History with Lightning
Cinematic Representations of Nineteenth-Century America
by Matthew Christopher Hulbert, Professor John C. Inscoe, Kenneth Greenberg, Professor Catherine Clinton, William L. Andrews, John David Smith, Jonathon Sarris, Joseph Beilein, Brian Rouleau, Donna Barbie, Allison Dorsey, Stephen Whitfield, Marcus Rediker, Nicole Etcheson, Diane Miller Sommerville, Graham Hodges, Drew Swanson, Michael Burlingame, Tom Lee, James Crisp, Matthew Stanley, Kevin Waite, Jacob Lee, Lesley J. Gordon, John F. Marszalek, Ryan Keating
Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2019 by Lsu Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-7046-5, ISBN: 0-8071-7046-1






Weirding the War
Stories from the Civil War's Ragged Edges (UnCivil Wars Ser.)
by Stephen Berry, Amy Taylor, Anya Jabour, Barton A. Myers, Brian Craig Miller, Daniel Sutherland, Emory Thomas, Joan E. Cashin, Kenneth Noe, Leeann Whites, Lesley J. Gordon, Megan Kate Nelson, Michael Degruccio, Michael Fellman, Paul Anderson, Peter Carmichael, Rodney Steward, Steven E. Nash, Andrew Slap, Diane Miller Sommerville, Stephen William Berry
Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2011 by University Of Georgia Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-3413-4, ISBN: 0-8203-3413-8

""It is well that war is so terrible," Robert E. Lee reportedly said, "or we would grow too fond of it." The essays collected here make the case that we have grown too fond of it, and therefore we must make the war ter-rible again. Taking a "freakonomics" approach to Civil War studies, each contributor uses a seemingly unusual story, incident, or phenomenon to cast new light on the nature of the war itself. Collectively the essays remind ..."






Aberration of Mind
Suicide and Suffering in the Civil War-Era South
by Diane Miller Sommerville
448 Pages, Published 2018 by Unc Press Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-4696-4357-1, ISBN: 1-4696-4357-X

"Columbia: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1995. “A Letter to a Friend ... Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Special Collections, Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, N.C. Mackintosh, Robert Harley, Jr., ed. “Dear Martha . ... The Diary of Miss Emma Holmes, 1861–1866. ... “Civilization and Suicide."






Aberration of Mind
Suicide and Suffering in the Civil War-Era South
by Diane Miller Sommerville
Hardcover, 448 Pages, Published 2018 by University Of North Carolina Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-4696-4356-4, ISBN: 1-4696-4356-1

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