Mourning the presidents : loss and legacy in American culture /
"Mourning the Presidents is the first volume to examine comprehensively the mourning rituals surrounding the passing of U.S. presidents, from George Washington to George Bush Sr. This book offers a detailed and coherent look at the ways in which Americans across four centuries have grappled wit...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2023.
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Colección: | Miller Center studies on the presidency.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "In a Private Manner, without Parade or Funeral Oration" : The Funeral George Washington Wanted, But Didn't Get / Mary V. Thompson
- Mourning at Monticello / Andrew M. Davenport
- Joining in the "Sacred Sentiment of Public Gratitude" at the Death of Old Hickory : Mourning, Partisanship, and Andrew Jackson's Problematic Legacy / Todd Estes
- The Mixed Legacy of Zachary Taylor : Mourning a Soldier, Losing a President / Camille Davis
- Unimaginable Catastrophe : The Nation's First Presidential Assassination / Martha Hodes
- Andrew Johnson's North Carolina Legacy : How a Southern Capital Remembers Its Native Son / Brandon Robinson
- "The Old Lion Is Dead" : Theodore Roosevelt and the Creation of an American Icon / Matthew R. Costello
- Farewell to the Chief : Mourning and Memorializing Herbert Hoover / Dean J. Kotlowski
- "Crushed by the Burdens of War" : The Death and Legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt / David B. Woolner
- "He Gave His Life for Us" : The Civil Rights Martyrdom of John F. Kennedy / Sharron Wilkins Conrad
- The Long Goodbye : Mourning and Remembering Ronald Reagan / Chester Pach
- Mourning the Death of George H. W. Bush / Warren Finch.