The Resource American oracle : the Civil War in the civil rights era, David W. Blight
American oracle : the Civil War in the civil rights era, David W. Blight
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- Summary
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- David Blight takes his readers back to the Civil War's centennial celebration to determine how Americans made sense of the suffering, loss, and liberation a century earlier. He shows how four of America's most incisive writers--Robert Penn Warren, Bruce Catton, Edmund Wilson, and James Baldwin--explored the gulf between remembrance and reality
- Standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, a century after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, Martin Luther King, Jr., declared, "One hundred years later, the Negro still is not free." He delivered this speech just three years after the Virginia Civil War Commission published a guide proclaiming that "the Centennial is no time for finding fault or placing blame or fighting the issues all over again."David Blight takes his readers back to the centennial celebration to determine how Americans then made sense of the suffering, loss, and liberation that had wracked the United States a century earlier. Amid cold war politics and civil rights protest, four of America's most incisive writers explored the gulf between remembrance and reality. Robert Penn Warren, the southern-reared poet-novelist who recanted his support of segregation; Bruce Catton, the journalist and U.S. Navy officer who became a popular Civil War historian; Edmund Wilson, the century's preeminent literary critic; and James Baldwin, the searing African-American essayist and activist--each exposed America's triumphalist memory of the war. And each, in his own way, demanded a reckoning with the tragic consequences it spawned. Blight illuminates not only mid-twentieth-century America's sense of itself but also the dynamic, ever-changing nature of Civil War memory. On the eve of the 150th anniversary of the war, we have an invaluable perspective on how this conflict continues to shape the country's political debates, national identity, and sense of purpose
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (314 pages)
- Contents
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- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prologue. "Five Score Years Ago"
- Chapter one. "Gods and Devils Aplenty"
- Chapter two. A Formula for Enjoying the War
- Chapter three. "Lincoln and Lee and All That"
- Chapter four. "This Country Is My Subject"
- Epilogue. "The Wisdom of Tragedy"
- Isbn
- 9780674062702
- Label
- American oracle : the Civil War in the civil rights era
- Title
- American oracle
- Title remainder
- the Civil War in the civil rights era
- Statement of responsibility
- David W. Blight
- Subject
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- 1861-1865
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
- Catton, Bruce, 1899-1978
- Catton, Bruce, 1899-1978
- Electronic books
- HISTORY
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Historiography
- History
- History & Archaeology
- Regions & Countries - Americas
- United States
- United States - General
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Historiography
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence
- United States / 20th Century
- Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
- Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
- Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972
- Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- David Blight takes his readers back to the Civil War's centennial celebration to determine how Americans made sense of the suffering, loss, and liberation a century earlier. He shows how four of America's most incisive writers--Robert Penn Warren, Bruce Catton, Edmund Wilson, and James Baldwin--explored the gulf between remembrance and reality
- Standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, a century after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, Martin Luther King, Jr., declared, "One hundred years later, the Negro still is not free." He delivered this speech just three years after the Virginia Civil War Commission published a guide proclaiming that "the Centennial is no time for finding fault or placing blame or fighting the issues all over again."David Blight takes his readers back to the centennial celebration to determine how Americans then made sense of the suffering, loss, and liberation that had wracked the United States a century earlier. Amid cold war politics and civil rights protest, four of America's most incisive writers explored the gulf between remembrance and reality. Robert Penn Warren, the southern-reared poet-novelist who recanted his support of segregation; Bruce Catton, the journalist and U.S. Navy officer who became a popular Civil War historian; Edmund Wilson, the century's preeminent literary critic; and James Baldwin, the searing African-American essayist and activist--each exposed America's triumphalist memory of the war. And each, in his own way, demanded a reckoning with the tragic consequences it spawned. Blight illuminates not only mid-twentieth-century America's sense of itself but also the dynamic, ever-changing nature of Civil War memory. On the eve of the 150th anniversary of the war, we have an invaluable perspective on how this conflict continues to shape the country's political debates, national identity, and sense of purpose
- Awards note
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction, 2012.
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Blight, David W
- Dewey number
- 973.70072
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- In English
- LC call number
- E468.5
- LC item number
- .B55 2011eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Warren, Robert Penn
- Catton, Bruce
- Wilson, Edmund
- Baldwin, James
- United States
- United States
- Baldwin, James
- Catton, Bruce
- Warren, Robert Penn
- Wilson, Edmund
- HISTORY
- United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- Historiography
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- United States
- Regions & Countries - Americas
- History & Archaeology
- United States - General
- Label
- American oracle : the Civil War in the civil rights era, David W. Blight
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prologue. "Five Score Years Ago"
- Chapter one. "Gods and Devils Aplenty"
- Chapter two. A Formula for Enjoying the War
- Chapter three. "Lincoln and Lee and All That"
- Chapter four. "This Country Is My Subject"
- Epilogue. "The Wisdom of Tragedy"
- Control code
- 758390031
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (314 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780674062702
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other control number
- 10.4159/harvard.9780674062702
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt2f3tdb
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)758390031
- Label
- American oracle : the Civil War in the civil rights era, David W. Blight
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prologue. "Five Score Years Ago"
- Chapter one. "Gods and Devils Aplenty"
- Chapter two. A Formula for Enjoying the War
- Chapter three. "Lincoln and Lee and All That"
- Chapter four. "This Country Is My Subject"
- Epilogue. "The Wisdom of Tragedy"
- Control code
- 758390031
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (314 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780674062702
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.4159/harvard.9780674062702
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt2f3tdb
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)758390031
Subject
- 1861-1865
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
- Catton, Bruce, 1899-1978
- Catton, Bruce, 1899-1978
- Electronic books
- HISTORY
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Historiography
- History
- History & Archaeology
- Regions & Countries - Americas
- United States
- United States - General
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Historiography
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence
- United States / 20th Century
- Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
- Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
- Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972
- Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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