On a great battlefield : the making, management, and memory of Gettysburg National Military Park, 1933-2013 / Jennifer M. Murray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murray, Jennifer M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.)--History.

Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.).

Physical Description:

xii, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2014]

Contents:

We are met on a great battlefield: Gettysburg, 1863-1933

We cannot hallow this ground: the National Park Service's beginnings at Gettysburg, 1933-1940

From these honored dead we take increased devotion: Gettysburg does its part for victory, 1941-1945

The world will little note nor long remember: postwar tourism, patriotism, and the new birth of commercialization, 1946-1955

The great task remaining before us: Mission 66 and Cold War patriotism, 1956-1960

Dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal: the Civil War Centennial at Gettysburg, 1961-1965

Our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation: the new Gettysburg experience, 1966-1975

So conceived and so dedicated: balancing preservation and visitor access, 1976-1988

Now we are engaged in a great Civil War: finding a vision amidst a sea of turmoil, 1989-1997

They who fought here: culture wars and a new direction at Gettysburg, 1998-2000

Shall not perish from the earth: a new beginning at Gettysburg, 2001-2009.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781621900535

1621900533

OCLC:

868646812