The Civil War in Popular Culture : Memory and Meaning /

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Dividing the nation for four years, the American Civil War resulted in 750,000 casualties and forever changed the country's destiny. The conflict continues to resonate in our collective memory, and U.S. economic, cultural, and social structures still suffer the aftershocks of the nation's...

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Other Authors: Allred, Randal, 1956- (Editor), Kreiser, Lawrence A., 1969- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
War and motion pictures.
War and literature.
Popular culture.
Collective memory.
Battlefields.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Culture populaire > États-Unis.
Memoire collective > États-Unis.
Popular culture > United States.
Collective memory > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession)
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Motion pictures and the war.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Literature and the war.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Battlefields.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Dividing the nation for four years, the American Civil War resulted in 750,000 casualties and forever changed the country's destiny. The conflict continues to resonate in our collective memory, and U.S. economic, cultural, and social structures still suffer the aftershocks of the nation's largest and most devastating war. Nearly 150 years later, portrayals of the war in books, songs, cinema, and other cultural media continue to draw widespread attention and controversy. In The Civil War in Popular Culture: Memory and Meaning, editors Lawrence A. Kreiser Jr. and Randal Allred analyze American ...
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages).
ISBN:9780813143224

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