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Author:

Spielvogel, J. Christian (John Christian), 1969-

Title:

Interpreting sacred ground : the rhetoric of national Civil War parks and battlefields / J. Christian Spielvogel.

Publisher:

University of Alabama Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

x, 190 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Conservation and restoration.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields--Conservation and restoration.
United States--Study and teaching.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields--Study and teaching.
United States--Study and teaching.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Study and teaching.
United States.--National Park Service
United States--History--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-182) and index.

Contents:

Race and memory -- "We are met on a great battle-field": race, memory, and the Gettysburg Address -- Reviving emancipationist memory at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park -- Violence and memory -- Savage and heroic war memories at Gettysburg National Military Park -- The symbolic landscape: visualizing violence at Gettysburg National Military Park -- "The waters ran red": savage interpretations of war at Cold Harbor Visitor Center.

Series:

Rhetoric, culture, and social critique

ISBN:

0817386319 (ebook)
9780817386313 (ebook)
0817317759 (trade cloth : alk. paper)
9780817317751 (trade cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)794036183

LCCN:

2012023038

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)