Death at the edges of empire: fallen soldiers, cultural memory, and the making of an American nation, 1863-1921

"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. He links the cultural and political history of American war dead to explore the transatlantic a...

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Main Author: Bontrager, Shannon (Author)
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln University of Nebraska Press [2020]
Series:Studies in war, society, and the military
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Summary:"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. He links the cultural and political history of American war dead to explore the transatlantic and transpacific contexts of America's imperial ambitions"--
Item Description:Extensive and substantial revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Georgia State University, 2011 titled Nationalizing the dead : the contested making of an American commemorative tradition from the Civil War to the Great War
Physical Description:Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9781496201843
9781496229045

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