Race and reunion : the Civil War in American memory
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Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2001].
ISBN
0674003322, 9780674003323, 0674008197, 9780674008199
Physical Desc
512 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status
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E468.9 .B58 2001
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E468.9 .B58 2001
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Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2001].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
0674003322, 9780674003323, 0674008197, 9780674008199
UPC
9780674003323, 9780674008199
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"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.
Awards
Bancroft Prize, 2002.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction -- Social aspects.
Memory -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Reconciliation -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Social aspects.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
United States -- Race relations.
War and society -- United States -- History.
Memory -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Reconciliation -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Social aspects.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
United States -- Race relations.
War and society -- United States -- History.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Blight, D. W. (2001). Race and reunion: the Civil War in American memory . Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Blight, David W. 2001. Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Blight, David W. Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2001.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Blight, David W. Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2001.
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