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

By: Spielvogel, J. Christian (John Christian), 1969-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Rhetoric, culture, and social critiquePublication details: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2013Description: x, 190 p. : illISBN: 9780817386313 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): United States. National Park Service | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields -- Conservation and restoration | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields -- Study and teaching | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Study and teaching | United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 973.7071 LOC classification: E641 | .S65 2013Online resources: Click to View
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.
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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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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