Cowards and heroes
Subtitle: group loyalty in the American Civil War
By: Dora L. Costa, Matthew E. Kahn.
Contributors: Kahn, Matthew E., 1966-; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- no. 8627; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper no. 8627.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 34
Subjects: Group identity.; Loyalty.; Social capital.; Soldiers -- United States -- Conduct of life -- History -- 19th century.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Notes: "December 2001."

JEL no. L39, Z13, N31.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 32-34).

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