Final resting places reflections on the meaning of Civil War graves
"Final Resting Places brings together some of the most important and innovative scholars of the Civil War era to reflect on what death and memorialization meant to the Civil War generation-and how those meanings still influence Americans today. In each essay, a noted historian explores a differ...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Athens, Georgia
The University of Georgia Press
2023
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| Schriftenreihe: | Uncivil wars
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| Schlagworte: |
Geschichte
> Sezessionskrieg
> Gedenken
> Friedhof
> Rezeption
> Soldatenfriedhof
> Kriegsgrab
> USA
> Aufsatzsammlung
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "Final Resting Places brings together some of the most important and innovative scholars of the Civil War era to reflect on what death and memorialization meant to the Civil War generation-and how those meanings still influence Americans today. In each essay, a noted historian explores a different type of gravesite-including large marble temples, unmarked graves beneath the waves, makeshift markers on battlefields, mass graves on hillsides, neat rows of military headstones, university graveyards, tombs without bodies, and small family plots. Each burial place tells a unique story of how someone lived and died-and how they were mourned and remembered. Together, they help us reckon with the most tragic period of American history"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | xi, 358 Seiten Illustrationen 26 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780820364568 978-0-8203-6456-8 9780820364551 978-0-8203-6455-1 |