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Cities of the Dead : Contesting the Memory of the Civil War in the South, 1865-1914 /

Exploring the history of Civil War commemorations from both sides of the color line, William Blair places the development of memorial holidays and Emancipation Day celebrations in the context of Reconstruction politics and race relations in the South. His examination demonstrates that the politics o...

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Autor principal: Blair, William Alan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 The Commemorative Landscape before the Civil War; CHAPTER 2 Establishing Freedom's Celebrations, 1865-1869; CHAPTER 3 Waging Politics through Decoration Days, 1866-1869; CHAPTER 4 The Politics of Manhood and Womanhood, 1865-1870; CHAPTER 5 The Era of Mixed Feelings; CHAPTER 6 The Rise and Decline of Political Self-Help, 1883-1900; CHAPTER 7 Arlington Sectional Cemetery; Notes; Bibliography; Index.