A bloodless victory : the Battle of New Orleans in history and memory /

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Thus, a close look at the Battle of New Orleans offers an opportunity to explore not just how events are collectively remembered across generations but how a society discards memorialization efforts it no longer finds necessary or palatable.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stoltz, Joseph F., III (Joseph Frederick) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
Series:Johns Hopkins books on the War of 1812.
Subjects:
1815
New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815.
Nationalism and collective memory > United States.
Bataille de La Nouvelle-Orléans, La Nouvelle-Orléans, Louis., 1815.
Nationalisme et mémoire collective > États-Unis.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Nationalism and collective memory.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "a correct remembrance of great events"
  • "By the eternal, they shall not sleep on our soil:" the New Orleans Campaign
  • "Half a horse and half an alligator:" the Battle of New Orleans in the Era of Good Feelings
  • "Under the command of a plain Republican
  • an American Cincinnatus:" the Battle of New Orleans in the Age of Jefferson
  • "The union must and shall be preserved:" the Battle of New Orleans and the American Civil War
  • "True daughters of the war:" the Battle of New Orleans at 100
  • "Not pirate ... privateer:" the Battle of New Orleans and mid-20th century popular culture
  • "Tourism whetted by the celebration:" the Battle of New Orleans in the 20th century
  • A "rustic and factual" appearance: the Battle of New Orleans at 200
  • Closing: "what is past is prologue."

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