Race and reunion : the Civil War in American memory / by David W. Blight.
- Blight, David W
- Date:
- 2003, ©2001
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- Online
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Publication/Creation
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003, ©2001.
Physical description
512 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Series
Contents
The dead and the living -- Regeneration and reconstruction -- Decoration days -- Reconstruction and reconciliation -- Soldiers' memory -- Soldiers' faith -- The literature of reunion and its discontents -- The lost cause and causes not lost -- Black memory and the progress of race -- Fifty years of freedom and reunion.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-479) and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2006. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet. This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)Social aspects
- War and societyUnited StatesHistory
- MemorySocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory
- ReconciliationSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory
- United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Influence
- United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Social aspects
- United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865African Americans
- United StatesRace relations