Moments of Despair Suicide, Divorce, and Debt in Civil War Era North Carolina
During the Civil War era, black and white North Carolinians were forced to fundamentally reinterpret the morality of suicide, divorce, and debt as these experiences became pressing issues throughout the region and nation. InMoments of Despair, David Silkenat explores these shifting sentiments.Antebe...
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Chapel Hill, N.C
The University of North Carolina Press
2011
University of North Carolina Press |
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| ISBN: | 9780807834602, 0807834602, 9780807877951, 0807877956, 1469615320, 9781469615325 |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: By His Own Hand CHAPTER ONE: Most Horrible of Crimes CHAPTER TWO: The Self-Slaying Epidemic CHAPTER THREE: The Legacy of the War We Suppose PART II: To Loosen the Bands of Society Chapter four: The Country Is Also a Party CHAPTER FIVE: Connubial Bliss until He Entered the Army by Conscription CHAPTER SIX: The Divorce Mill Runs Over Time PART III: Enslaved by Debt CHAPTER SEVEN: Sacredness of Obligations CHAPTER EIGHT: Out of Debt before I Die CHAPTER NINE: What the Landlord and the Storeman Choose to Make It CHAPTER TEN: Nothing Less than a Question of Slavery or Freedom Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
- Introduction Part I: By His Own Hand: Suicide 1. Most Horrible of Crimes: Suicide in the Old South 2. The Self-Slaying Epidemic: Suicide after the Civil War 3. The Legacy of the War We Suppose: Suicide in Medical and Social Thought Part II: To Loosen the Bands of Society: Divorce 4. The Country Is Also a Party: Antebellum Divorce in Black and White 5. Connubial Bliss until He Entered the Army by Conscription: Civil War and Divorce 6. The Divorce Mill Runs Over Time: Marital Breakdown and Reform in the New South Notes Bibliography Index 10. Nothing Less than a Question of Slavery or Freedom: Populism and the Crisis of Debt in the New South Appendix: Methodological Problems in Studying the History of Suicide Conclusion 8. Out of Debt before I Die: The Credit Crisis of the Civil War 9. What the Landlord and the Storeman Choose to Make It: General Stores, Pawnshops, and Boardinghouses in the New South 7. Sacredness of Obligations: Debt in Antebellum North Carolina Part III: Enslaved by Debt: The Culture of Credit and Debt Contents Acknowledgments Title Page, Copyright Page Cover
- Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part I: BY HIS OWN HAND: Suicide -- 1 Most Horrible of Crimes: Suicide in the Old South -- 2 The Self-Slaying Epidemic: Suicide after the Civil War -- 3 The Legacy of the War We Suppose: Suicide in Medical and Social Thought -- Part II: TO LOOSEN THE BANDS OF SOCITEY: Divorce -- 4 The Country Is Also a Party: Antebellum Divorce in Black and White -- 5 Connubial Bliss until He Entered the Army by Conscription: Civil War and Divorce -- 6 The Divorce Mill Runs Over Time: Marital Breakdown and Reform in the New South -- Part III: ENSLAVED BY DEBT: The Culture of Credit and Debt -- 7 Sacredness of Obligations: Debt in Antebellum North Carolina -- 8 Out of Debt before I Die: The Credit Crisis of the Civil War -- 9 What the Landlord and the Storeman Choose to Make It: General Stores, Pawnshops, and Boardinghouses in the New South -- 10 Nothing Less than a Question of Slavery or Freedom: Populism and the Crisis of Debt in the New South -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Methodological Problems in Studying the History of Suicide -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y