Cities of the Dead: Contesting the Memory of the Civil War in the South, 1865-1914 (Civil War America)
Brand: The University of North Carolina Press
Categories: Books, History, Americas



Dimensions: 6 x 0.66 x 9 inches
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1469624273
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Print length: 264 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2015
ISBN-13: 978-0807828960
Part of series: Civil War America
subtitle: Paperback – January 1, 2015
author: William A. Blair
review: Editorial Reviews Review A book worth reading, especially for those interested in questions of memory and commemoration." -- American Historical Review Provocative. . . . A sophisticated and nuanced analysis.-- Arkansas Historical Quarterly Review That southerners would feel compelled to commemorate the Civil War was inevitable, but the form and content of their commemorations was not. Blair has written a fascinating and deeply researched account of the commemorative impulse in the postbellum South when the first 'culture wars' flared up. He reveals the grief, pride, and pluck that southerners, black and white, displayed as they tried to impose order on their region's recent past.--W. Fitzhugh Brundage, author of Where These Memories Grow About the Author William Blair is associate professor of history and director of the Richards Civil War Era Center at the Pennsylvania State University. He is author of Virginia's Private War: Feeding Body and Soul in the Confederacy and editor of the journal Civil War History. Read more