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Heroes & cowards : the social face of war / Dora L. Costa & Matthew E. Kahn.

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Heroes and Cowards demonstrates the role that social capital plays in people's decisions. The makeup of various companies--whether soldiers were of the same ethnicity, age, and occupation--influenced whether soldiers remained loyal or whether they deserted. Costa and Kahn discuss how the soldie...

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Main Author: Costa, Dora L.
Other Authors: Kahn, Matthew E., 1966-
Other title:Heroes and cowards.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
Series:NBER series on long-term factors in economic development.
Subjects:
United States. > Army > Military life > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Psychological aspects.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
African American soldiers > Biography.
United States > Social conditions > To 1865.
Cultural pluralism > United States > Case studies.
Community life > United States > Case studies.
Social networks > United States > Case studies.
United States. > Army.
Armed Forces > Military life
African American soldiers.
Community life.
Cultural pluralism.
Psychological aspects.
Social aspects.
Social conditions
Social networks.
Soldiers.
United States.
Biographies.
Case studies.
History.

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Call Number: E468.9 .C67 2008eb
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