Shadowed ground : America's landscapes of violence and tragedy /

Shadowed Ground explores how and why Americans have memorialized - or not - the sites of tragic and violent events spanning three centuries of history and every region of the country. For this revised edition, Kenneth Foote has written a new concluding chapter that looks at the evolving responses to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Foote, Kenneth E., 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2003.
Edición:Rev. and updated, rev. ed.
Temas:
Historic sites > Social aspects > United States.
Violence > United States > History.
Disasters > United States > History.
Lieux historiques > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Violence > États-Unis > Histoire.
Catastrophes > États-Unis > Histoire.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Disasters
Historic sites > Social aspects
Violence
Historische plaatsen.
Monumenten.
Gedenktekens.
Geweld.
United States > History, Local.
United States
Verenigde Staten.
History
Local history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. A landscape of violence and tragedy
  • 2. The veneration of heroes and martyrs
  • 3. Community and catharsis
  • 4. Heroic lessons
  • 5. Innocent places
  • 6. The mark of shame
  • 7. The land-shape of memory and tradition
  • 8. Stigmata of national identity
  • 9. Invisible and shadowed pasts
  • Afterword : Recent traumas, changing memories, continuing tensions.

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