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A bloodless victory : the Battle of New Orleans in history and memory /

Thus, a close look at the Battle of New Orleans offers an opportunity to explore not just how events are collectively remembered across generations but how a society discards memorialization efforts it no longer finds necessary or palatable.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stoltz, Joseph F., III (Joseph Frederick) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
Colección:Johns Hopkins books on the War of 1812.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: "a correct remembrance of great events"
  • "By the eternal, they shall not sleep on our soil:" the New Orleans Campaign
  • "Half a horse and half an alligator:" the Battle of New Orleans in the Era of Good Feelings
  • "Under the command of a plain Republican
  • an American Cincinnatus:" the Battle of New Orleans in the Age of Jefferson
  • "The union must and shall be preserved:" the Battle of New Orleans and the American Civil War
  • "True daughters of the war:" the Battle of New Orleans at 100
  • "Not pirate ... privateer:" the Battle of New Orleans and mid-20th century popular culture
  • "Tourism whetted by the celebration:" the Battle of New Orleans in the 20th century
  • A "rustic and factual" appearance: the Battle of New Orleans at 200
  • Closing: "what is past is prologue."