At the Bivouac of Memory

History, Politics, and the Battle of Chickamauga

James A Kaser (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

167 Seiten

1996
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-2811-6 (ISBN)

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Reinterpretations of the Civil War current in the 1880s and 1890s often included discussion of the Battle of Chickamauga. In retrospect, the battle was seen as a victory by both sides and was used to promote the popular theme that Union and Confederate soldiers had been equally noble and heroic. To aid in reconciliation, highly publicized reunions of Confederate and Union veterans were held on the battlefield and, in 1895, the ground was dedicated as the country's first national military park, becoming a commemorative landscape promoting reunification. Utilizing battle accounts by members of the Twenty-first Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry and contrasting them with published histories of the battle, this study analyzes how personal memories of the battle were subsumed in the creation of a cultural myth driven by the political necessity of reunifying the country.

The Author: James A. Kaser received his bachelor's degree in Religion from Kenyon College, continued his study of religion at Harvard Divinity School, and earned his doctorate in American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University. His primary research interests are the politics of memory, commemorative landscapes, and historic Utopian communities.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.1996
Reihe/Serie	American University Studies ; 179
Zusatzinfo	ill.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Gewicht	430 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	0-8204-2811-6 / 0820428116
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-2811-6 / 9780820428116
Zustand	Neuware