Troubled Commemoration : The American Civil War Centennial, 1961-1965 /

In 1957, Congress voted to set up the United States Civil War Centennial Commission. A federally funded agency within the Department of the Interior, the commission's charge was to oversee preparations to commemorate the one-hundredth anniversary of the central event in the Republic's hist...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cook, Robert J., 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sezessionskrieg > 1861-1865
Hundertjahrfeier
Social conditions.
Social aspects.
Race relations.
Memorials > Social aspects.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Civil rights movements.
Anniversaries.
African Americans > Civil rights.
HISTORY.
Guerre froide > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Histoire appliquee > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Cold War > Social aspects > United States.
Civil rights movements > Southern States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Memorials > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Public history > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Memorials > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
USA.
United States.
Southern States.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1960-1980.
États-Unis (Sud) > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siecle.
United States > Social conditions > 1960-1980.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Influence.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Centennial celebrations, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Organizing a Cold War pageant
  • The white south commemorates the Civil War
  • Let's call the whole thing off: the Charleston Crises of 1961
  • The historians take control
  • African Americans and the Civil War centennial
  • Winding down: the forgotten centennial, 1962-1965
  • An opportunity for warmth: the Civil War centennial as an exercise in consensus culture.

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