Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-296) and index.
Contents
Introducing the emerging Southern middle class -- "The advantage of a collegiate education": military education funding -- "Your duty as citizens and soldiers": military education discipline and duty -- "Honor as a man": manhood and the cultural values of the emerging Southern middle class -- "Practical progress is the watchword": military education curriculum -- Professions and status: middle-class Alumni stability and mobility -- Newtworks of military educators -- Classifying the middle class.