Honoring the Civil War Dead : Commemoration and the Problem of Reconciliation /

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By the end of the Civil War, fatalities from that conflict had far exceeded previous American experience, devastating families and communities alike. As John Neff shows, commemorating the 620,000 lives lost proved to be a persistent obstacle to the hard work of reuniting the nation, as every memoria...

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Autor principal: Neff, John R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Soldiers' monuments.
Reconciliation.
Politics and government
Nationalism.
Monuments.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Reconciliation > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Reconciliation > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Nationalisme > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Nationalisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Monuments commemoratifs militaires > États-Unis > Histoire.
Reconciliation > History > 20th century.
Reconciliation > History > 19th century.
Nationalism > Southern States > History.
Nationalism > United States > History.
Soldiers' monuments > Southern States > History.
Soldiers' monuments > United States > History.
Monuments > United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States.
Southern States.
États-Unis (Sud) > Politique et gouvernement > 1865-1950.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1865-1933.
Southern States > Politics and government > 1865-1950.
United States > Politics and government > 1865-1933.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Influence.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "This mysterious providence" : Americans' initial responses to Civil War death
  • "A heroic, eminent death" : the national dimensions of Lincoln's assassination
  • "One interminable grave-yard" : northern dominance in the commemoration of the soldier dead
  • "Death in a far-off, stranger's land" : southern creation and commemoration
  • "Something like a national act" : the uneasy synthesis of American nationalism
  • The congregation of the dead.

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