Troubled Commemoration: The American Civil War Centennial, 1961-1965 Paperback / softback - 2011
by Robert J. Cook
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- Title Troubled Commemoration: The American Civil War Centennial, 1961-1965
- Author Robert J. Cook
- Binding Paperback / softback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition New
- Pages 316
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher LSU Press
- Date 2011-11-21
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # B9780807143650
- ISBN 9780807143650 / 0807143650
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 1 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1960's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Topical: Civil War
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.76
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From the rear cover
"Robert J. Cook provides a brilliant and detailed account of the unlikely and significantly flawed centennial commemoration." -- American Historical Review
"Cook's study of the Civil War centennial not only provides an insightful case study but also is an essential read for anyone who seeks a richer understanding of the civil rights struggle and the role of historical memory in the development of modern America, particularly the modern South." -- Southern Historian
In Troubled Commemoration, Robert J. Cook recounts the planning, organization, and ultimate failure of the controversial U.S. Civil War Centennial event and reveals how the broad-based public history extravaganza was derailed by its appearance during the decisive phase of the civil rights movement. Troubled Commemoration masterfully depicts the episode as an essential window into the political, social, and cultural conflicts of America in the 1960s and confirms that it has much to tell us about the development of the modern South.
Robert J. Cook is the author of several books, including Civil War Senator: William Pitt Fessenden and the Fight to Save the American Republic and Civil War America: Making of a Nation, 1848--1877. He is a professor of American history at the University of Sussex in Britain.
