KENT, Ohio – this year filled with early warning of civil war 150 years ago, most of the focus was on the causes and consequences. Accounts tell the politicians and Generals, strategy and fighting, the battlefield was left to the numbers of dead people are unimaginable.
In this context, almost feel less polite to collect the words "mode" and "civil war". In addition, doing real mode even exist? It is natural to assume that the sorrow and the deprivations the war consumed across the country, North and South, and brought to a standstill as frivolities.
But a great exhibition at Kent State University Museum shows that developing mode, at least in the North. More to the point, by taking an approach such as Howard Zinn "people's history of the United States," this proves that deserves its place in civil war scholarship.
"In front of the House: mode of civil war and domestic life" offers a fascinating peek into the way of life continued in the North, especially Ohio. This exhibition, curated by Sara Hume, bringing together the clothes, jewelry, photographs, letters and diaries to show how the war changed and influenced the fashion for men and women.
Hume chose a dress beautifully preserved in the exhibition of the Museum's collection of Kent State University and Western Reserve Historical Society, organize them thematically, from the influence of the military for wedding dresses and underwear.