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Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves : Race, War, and Monument in Nineteenth-Century America, New Edition /

The United States began as a slave society, holding millions of Africans and their descendants in bondage, and remained so until a civil war took the lives of a half million soldiers, some once slaves themselves. Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves explores how the history of slavery and its violent...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Savage, Kirk (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface to the New Edition
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Exposing Slavery
  • Imagining Emancipation
  • Freedom's Memorial
  • Slavery's Memorial
  • Common Soldiers
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Illustration Credits