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Uncommonly savage : civil war and remembrance in Spain and the United States / Paul D. Escott.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks DP 269 .E723 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Escott, Paul D., 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939.
- Spain.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 267 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014]
- Summary:
- Escott explores the contentious issue of American Civil War remembrance by comparing it to another national civil war--the Spanish Civil War. He explores the large-scale social and emotional wounds these conflicts left, the new power structures, the "spoils' of war, the future the winning sides created for each country, and various ways later generations revisited the moral and political aspects of the conflict
- Contents:
- Background
- Ideology and memory: the continuing battles
- The past and political evolution
- Reconciliation: an end to civil war?
- Economic change and the transformation of cultural landscapes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-257) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813049410
- 0813049415
- 9780813064338
- 0813064333
- OCLC:
- 857740660
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