Defining moments : African American commemoration & political culture in the South, 1863-1913 /
The historical memory of the Civil War and Reconstruction has earned increasing attention from scholars. Only recently, however, have historians begun to explore African American efforts to interpret those events. With ###Defining Moments#, Kathleen Clark shines new light on African American commemo...
| Основен автор: | Clark, Kathleen Ann. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
℗♭2005.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=158303 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Defining moments. |
| Резюме: |
The historical memory of the Civil War and Reconstruction has earned increasing attention from scholars. Only recently, however, have historians begun to explore African American efforts to interpret those events. With ###Defining Moments#, Kathleen Clark shines new light on African American commemorative traditions in the South, where events such as Emancipation Day and Fourth of July ceremonies served as opportunities for African Americans to assert their own understandings of slavery, the Civil War, and Emancipation--efforts that were vital to the struggles to define, assert, and defend Afr. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 302 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-294) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0807876801 9780807876800 |