{"product_id":"busy-hands-patricia-richard-9780823223008","title":"Busy Hands: Images of the Family in the Northern Civil War Effort","description":"\u003cp\u003eFocusing on middle-class women's contributions to the northern Civil War effort, Patricia Richard shows how women utilized their power as moral agents to shape the way men survived the ravages of war. \u003ci\u003eBusy Hands\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the ways in which white and African American women used images of family and domestic life in their relief efforts to counter the effects of prostitution, gambling, profanity, and drinking, threatening men's postwar civilian fitness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on letters, diaries, and memoirs of Civil War nurses, sanitary workers, soldiers, and the soldiers' aid societies, Richard develops a new perspective on domestic influence on the war, as women sought to save soldiers from the dangers of the military world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Richard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823223000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823223008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.10d","brand":"Patricia Richard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47202189836543,"sku":"9780823223008","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_15d1b5d9-effc-4748-834b-f77f2da73e8d.jpg?v=1756819885","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/busy-hands-patricia-richard-9780823223008","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}