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David Blight takes his readers back to the Civil War's centennial celebration to determine how Americans made sense of the suffering, loss, and liberation a century earlier. He shows how four of America's most incisive writers--Robert Penn Warren, Bruce Catton, Edmund Wilson, and James Bal...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Blight, David W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Warren, Robert Penn, > 1905-1989.
Catton, Bruce, > 1899-1978.
Wilson, Edmund, > 1895-1972.
Baldwin, James, > 1924-1987.
Baldwin, James, > 1924-1987
Catton, Bruce, > 1899-1978
Warren, Robert Penn, > 1905-1989
Wilson, Edmund, > 1895-1972
1861-1865
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Historiography
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Historiography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Influence.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Historiographie.
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Prologue. "Five Score Years Ago"
  • Chapter one. "Gods and Devils Aplenty"
  • Chapter two. A Formula for Enjoying the War
  • Chapter three. "Lincoln and Lee and All That"
  • Chapter four. "This Country Is My Subject"
  • Epilogue. "The Wisdom of Tragedy"
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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