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Sacred relics : pieces of the past in nineteenth-century America /
A piece of Plymouth Rock. A lock of George Washington's hair. Wood from the cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born. Various bits and pieces of the past-often called "association items"--May appear to be eccentric odds and ends, but they are valued because of their connections to promine...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1: Origins and Meanings; 1. Beginnings; 2. History's Remains; 3. The Sentimental Relic; Part 2: The Civil War; 4. The Battlefield's Remains; 5. ""In Memory of Our Beloved Confederacy"" : Pathetic Relics of the Lost Cause; 6. From Relic to Souvenir: Buffs' Collecting of the War; Part 3: Conclusion; 7. The Waning of the Relic; Notes; Index.