Haunted by atrocity Civil War prisons in American memory

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1. Verfasser: Cloyd, Benjamin G. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baton Rouge, La. Louisiana State University Press c2010
Schriftenreihe:Making the modern South
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-239) and index
Introduction -- "Our souls are filled with unutterable anguish" : atrocity and the origins of divisive memory, 1861-1865 -- "Remember Andersonville" : recrimination during Reconstruction, 1865-1877 -- "This nation cannot afford to forget" : contesting the memory of suffering, 1877-1898 -- "We are the living witnesses" : the limitations of reconciliation, 1898-1914 -- "A more proper perspective" : objectivity in the shadow of twentieth-century war, 1914-1960 -- "Better to take advantage of outsiders' curiosity" : the consumption of objective memory, 1960-present -- "The task of history is never done" : Andersonville National Historic Site, the national POW museum, and the triumph of patriotic memory -- Conclusion
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource ([xiii], 251 p., [12] p. of plates)
ISBN:0807137383
9780807137383