Civil War Memories - Contesting the Past in the United States Since 1865

Why has the Civil War continued to influence American life so profoundly?

About the author

Robert J. Cook is a professor of American history at the University of Sussex and author of Civil War Senator: William Pitt Fessenden and the Fight to Save the American Republic.

Summary

Written in vigorous prose for a wide audience and designed to inform popular debate on the relevance of the Civil War to the racial politics of modern America, Civil War Memories is required reading for informed Americans today.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Cook, Robert J. Cook, Robert J. (Professor of American History Cook
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781421423494
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-2349-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Soziale Diskriminierung und Gleichbehandlung, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Ethnic Studies, USA: Bügerkrieg und Wiederaufbau (1861 bis 1877 n. Chr.), HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Social discrimination & inequality, Social discrimination & equal treatment, History of the Americas, Human rights, civil rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, American Civil War