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The Civil War Diet

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dc.contributor.authorBrennan, Matthew Philipen
dc.contributor.committeechairDavis, William C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDavy, Brenda M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEkirch, A. Rogeren
dc.contributor.committeememberJones, Kathleen W.en
dc.contributor.departmentHistoryen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:38:40Zen
dc.date.adate2005-06-27en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:38:40Zen
dc.date.issued2005-05-20en
dc.date.rdate2005-06-27en
dc.date.sdate2005-05-26en
dc.description.abstractThe soldier's diet in the Civil War has been known as poor, and a number of illnesses and disorders have been associated with it. However, a nutritional analysis placed within the context of mid-nineteenth century American nutrition has been lacking. Such an approach makes clear the connection between illness and diet during the war for the average soldier and defines the importance of nutrition's role in the war. It also provides a bridge from the American diet to the soldier diet, outlining correlations between the two and examining the influence of physicians, chemists, and health reformers on the Civil War diet.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05262005-122146en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05262005-122146/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/33262en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartCivilWarDiet.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectnight blindnessen
dc.subjectStonewall Brigadeen
dc.subjectdieten
dc.subjectNutritionen
dc.subjectCivil Waren
dc.subjectdysenteryen
dc.subjectscurvyen
dc.subjectdiarrheaen
dc.subjectIron Brigadeen
dc.titleThe Civil War Dieten
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineHistoryen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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