This war ain't over : fighting the Civil War in New Deal America / Nina Silber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silber, Nina, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New Deal, 1933-1939.

Politics and culture--United States--History--20th century.

Politics and culture.

Memory--Social aspects.

History.

Memory--Political aspects.

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Public opinion.

Public opinion.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Influence.

Memory--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Memory.

Memory--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 232 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]

Summary:

"The New Deal era witnessed a surprising surge in popular engagement with the history and memory of the Civil War era. From the omnipresent book and film 'Gone with the Wind' and the scores of popular theater productions to Aaron Copeland's 'A Lincoln Portrait,' it was hard to miss America's fascination with the war in the 1930s and 1940s. Nina Silber ... examines the often conflicting and politically contentious ways in which Americans remembered the Civil War era during the years of the Depression, the New Deal, and World War II. In doing so, she reveals how the debates and events of that earlier period resonated so profoundly with New Deal rhetoric about state power, emerging civil rights activism, labor organizing and trade unionism, and popular culture in wartime"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Civil War at the dawn of the Great Depression

Stories retold, memories remade

Slaves of the Depression

A passionate addiction to Lincoln

Look away! Dixie's landed!

You must remember this.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469646541

1469646544

OCLC:

1029481351