The Memory of the Civil War in American CultureAlice Fahs, Joan Waugh The Civil War retains a powerful hold on the American imagination, with each generation since 1865 reassessing its meaning and importance in American life. This volume collects twelve essays by leading Civil War scholars who demonstrate how the meanings o |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Remembering the Civil War | 79 |
The Monumental Legacy of Calhoun | 130 |
The Election of 1896 and the Restructuring of Civil War Memory | 180 |
The Geography of Memory | 258 |
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