Death At the Edges of Empire - Fallen Soldiers, Cultural Memory, Making of an American Nation,

Informationen zum Autor Shannon Bontrager is a professor of history at Georgia Highlands College in Cartersville, Georgia.   Klappentext Shannon Bontrager examines the culture of death, burial, and commemoration of fallen American soldiers in the Civil War, the Spanish-Cuban-American War, the Philippine-American War, and World War I, exploring the transatlantic and transpacific contexts of America’s imperial ambitions.   Zusammenfassung Examines the culture of death, burial, and commemoration of American war dead. By focusing on the Civil War, the Spanish-Cuban-American War, the Philippine-American War, and World War I, Bontrager produces a history of collective memories of war expressed through American cultural traditions. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Lincoln’s PromisePart 1. Storage1. Where the Grapes of Wrath Are Stored2. The Nation, a Monument of Empire3. Remembering Domestic Foreign SpacesPart 2. Retrieval4. Retrieve the Maine!5. Memories of a Foreign LandPart 3. Communication6. Exiles of American Cultural Memory7. Cultural Memory in the Information Age8. That Cause Shall Not Be Betrayed9. Listening to EmpireEpilogue: Reclaiming Lincoln’s Promise?Appendix A: Stops in D. H. Rhodes’s Tour of the PhilippinesAppendix B: Stops in F. S. Croggon’s Tour of the PhilippinesNotesBibliographyIndex

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Shannon Bontrager
• Editore: University of Nebraska Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781496201843
• ISBN: 978-1-4962-0184-3
• Pagine: 432
• Serie: Studies in War, Society, and the Military; Studies in War, Society, and t
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte