Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves : Race, War, and Monument in Nineteenth-Century America, New Edition /

"The United States began as a slave society, holding millions of Africans and their descendants in bondage, and remained so until a civil war took the lives of a half million soldiers, some once slaves themselves. Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves explores how the history of slavery and its vi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Savage, Kirk, 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2018.
Edición:New edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social aspects.
Slaves > Emancipation.
Race relations.
Public sculpture.
National characteristics, American.
ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-)
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General.
Sculpture publique > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
National characteristics, American > History > 19th century.
Public sculpture > United States > History > 19th century.
Slaves > Emancipation > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Aspect social.
United States > Race relations.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Exposing slavery
  • Imagining emancipation
  • Freedom's memorial
  • Slavery's memorial
  • Common soldiers
  • Epilogue.

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