Race and reunion, the Civil War in American memory, David W. Blight
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Race and reunion, the Civil War in American memory, David W. Blight
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Race and reunion
Nature of contents
bibliography
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44313386
Responsibility statement
David W. Blight
Review
"No historical event has left as deep an imprint on America's collective memory as the Civil War. In the war's aftermath, Americans had to embrace and cast off a traumatic past. David Blight explores the perilous path of remembering and forgetting, and reveals its tragic costs to race relations and America's national reunion." "Race and Reunion is a history of how the unity of white America was purchased through the increasing segregation of black and white memory of the Civil War. Blight delves deeply into the shifting meanings of death and sacrifice, Reconstruction, the romanticized South of literature, soldiers' reminiscences of battle, the idea of the Lost Cause, and the ritual of Memorial Day. He resurrects the variety of African American voices and memories of the war and the efforts to preserve the emancipationist legacy in the midst of a culture built on its denial."--Jacket
Sub title
the Civil War in American memory
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Subject
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence
- États-Unis
- Guerre et société -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Reconstruction d'après-guerre
- Histoire
- États-Unis -- Relations raciales
- Reconstruction + Aspect social
- Reconciliation + Social aspects -- United States -- History
- Ethnische Beziehungen
- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Aspect social
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans
- Guerre de Sécession (1861-1865)
- Afro-américain
- Erinnerung
- Memory + Social aspects -- United States -- History
- United States -- Race relations
- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Noirs américains
- Amerikaanse burgeroorlog
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) + Social aspects
- USA
- Réconciliation + Aspect social -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Historiographie
- Mémoire collective
- Relations interraciales
- Rassenverhoudingen
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- Sezessionskrieg
- War and society -- United States -- History
- Collectief geheugen
- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Influence
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence
- États-Unis
- Guerre et société -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Reconstruction d'après-guerre
- Histoire
- États-Unis -- Relations raciales
- Reconstruction + Aspect social
- Reconciliation + Social aspects -- United States -- History
- Ethnische Beziehungen
- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Aspect social
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans
- Guerre de Sécession (1861-1865)
- Afro-américain
- Erinnerung
- Memory + Social aspects -- United States -- History
- United States -- Race relations
- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Noirs américains
- Amerikaanse burgeroorlog
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) + Social aspects
- USA
- Réconciliation + Aspect social -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Historiographie
- Mémoire collective
- Relations interraciales
- Rassenverhoudingen
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- Sezessionskrieg
- War and society -- United States -- History
- Collectief geheugen
- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Influence
- Content1
- Other version1
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