ISBN:
9781469668352
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (353 p)
Series Statement:
Civil War America Ser
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Purcell, Sarah J Spectacle of Grief
DDC:
393/.93097309034
Keywords:
Funeral rites and ceremonies History 19th century
;
Death Social aspects 19th century
;
History
;
Collective memory
;
Public opinion
;
Funeral rites and ceremonies
;
Death ; Social aspects
;
Collective memory
;
History
;
United States History 19th century
;
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
;
Public opinion
;
United States
Abstract:
The death of compromise, Henry Clay's funeral -- The death of union and the martyrdom of Elmer Ellsworth and Stonewall Jackson -- George Peabody, Robert E. Lee, and the boundaries of reconciliation -- Charles Sumner and Joseph E. Johnston: mourning, memory, and forgetting -- Extraordinary demonstrations of respect: Frederick Douglass, Winnie Davis, and standards of public grief.
Abstract:
"This illuminating book examines how the public funerals of major figures from the Civil War era shaped public memories of the war and allowed a diverse set of people to contribute to changing American national identities. These funerals featured lengthy processions that sometimes crossed multiple state lines, burial ceremonies open to the public, and other cultural productions of commemoration such as oration and song. As Sarah J. Purcell reveals, Americans' participation in these funeral rites led to contemplation and contestation over the political and social meanings of the war and the roles played by the honored dead"--
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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