Spielvogel, J. Christian 1969-

Interpreting sacred ground the rhetoric of national Civil War parks and battlefields / [electronic resource] : J. Christian Spielvogel. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2013. - x, 190 p. : ill. - Rhetoric, culture, and social critique .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.






United States. National Park Service.


United States--History--Battlefields--Conservation and restoration.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Battlefields--Study and teaching.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Study and teaching.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--Race relations--History--19th century.


Electronic books.

E641 / .S65 2013eb

973.7071