Pickett's charge in history and memory /

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In this book, Reardon shows that the story told today of Pickett's Charge is really an amalgam of history and memory. The evolution of that mix, she concludes, tells us much about how we come to understand our nation's past.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Reardon, Carol
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1997.
Series:Civil War America (Series)
Subjects:
Pickett, George E. > (George Edward), > 1825-1875.
Pickett, George E. > (George Edward), > 1825-1875
Pickett, George E. (Soldat)
1863
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 > Historiography.
Bataille de Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Penns., 1863.
Bataille de Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Penns., 1863 > Historiographie.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Historiography.
Rezeption
Veldslagen.
Geschiedschrijving.
Beeldvorming.
Pennsylvania > Gettysburg.
Gettysburg (Pa.) > Schlacht.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: history, memory, and Pickett's charge
  • Disconnected threads
  • Scarcely anybody can give a correct account
  • History as it ought to have been
  • Binding the wounds of war
  • Monuments to memory
  • Southern dissenters speak out
  • Virginia victorious
  • Hand-grips at the sacred wall
  • Epilogue: the old bright way of the tales.

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