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Book Title: Gender and the Sectional Conflict
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Nina Silber
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Gender Studies, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Women's Studies
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: History, Social Science
Item Weight: 5 oz
Number of Pages: 144 Pages
