Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory (Paperback)

from rivkat

A history of just how fast white Americans decided that they'd fixed slavery and that everybody on the battlefield was noble. I was amazed all over again by how fast even high Confederate officials began insisting that they hadn't seceded over slavery, but over mumble mumble federal overreach-it ...

from Schmerguls

3587. Race and Reunion The Civil War in American Memory, by David W. Blight (read 12 Jun 2002) This is a 2001 book by a history professor at Amherst. It studies the way the country viewed the Civil War during the period from 1865 t o 1915, and how the South "won" all it fought for except slavery....

from rivkat

A history of just how fast white Americans decided that they'd fixed slavery and that everybody on the battlefield was noble. I was amazed all over again by how fast even high Confederate officials began insisting that they hadn't seceded over slavery, but over mumble mumble federal overreach—it ...

from Your_local_coyote

Iinsightful.

from stevesmits

Two occurrences in recent years have drawn me to think on how the meaning of history influences modern conceptions widely held in the national mind. While at a funeral in Richmond I sat by an elderly, very Southern, woman. I mentioned how rich is Richmond in museums and remarked on its famous bou...