John Brown's Body: Slavery, Violence, & the Culture of WarUNC Press Books, 2004 - 226 páginas Singing "John Brown's Body" as they marched to war, Union soldiers sought to steel themselves in the face of impending death. As the bodies of these soldiers accumulated in the wake of battle, writers, artists, and politicians extolled their deaths as a m |
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... History - Civil War , 1861-1865 - Social aspects . 2. United States - History - Civil War , 1861-1865 - African Americans . 3. United States - History - Civil War , 1861-1865 - Literature and the war . 4. Body , Human - Social aspects ...
... History - Civil War , 1861-1865 - Social aspects . 2. United States - History - Civil War , 1861-1865 - African Americans . 3. United States - History - Civil War , 1861-1865 - Literature and the war . 4. Body , Human - Social aspects ...
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... History : The Contraband " 157 5.10 . " A Bit of War History : The Recruit " 158 5.11 . " A Bit of War History : The Veteran " 159 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The love and generosity of friends , family , List of Illustrations.
... History : The Contraband " 157 5.10 . " A Bit of War History : The Recruit " 158 5.11 . " A Bit of War History : The Veteran " 159 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The love and generosity of friends , family , List of Illustrations.
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... history of institutionalized violence directed against free and enslaved African Americans during the prewar years , wartime car- nage does not appear to be an inevitable manifestation of the urge to collective renewal but rather the ...
... history of institutionalized violence directed against free and enslaved African Americans during the prewar years , wartime car- nage does not appear to be an inevitable manifestation of the urge to collective renewal but rather the ...
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... History of the Re- bellion " ( 169 ) . He began collecting specimens — limbs , bone fragments , bullets -- as well as devising a system for classifying them . Brinton used these specimens to establish the Army Medical Museum.17 In his ...
... History of the Re- bellion " ( 169 ) . He began collecting specimens — limbs , bone fragments , bullets -- as well as devising a system for classifying them . Brinton used these specimens to establish the Army Medical Museum.17 In his ...
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... history of punishment in the United States and elsewhere is replete with instances , like the execution of John Brown , in which the scaffold be- comes the site of militant sympathy and criminality is politicized by the exhibition of ...
... history of punishment in the United States and elsewhere is replete with instances , like the execution of John Brown , in which the scaffold be- comes the site of militant sympathy and criminality is politicized by the exhibition of ...
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The Blood of Millions John Browns Body Public Violence and Political Community | 14 |
The Blood of Black Men Rethinking Radical Science | 40 |
This Compost Death and Regeneration in Civil War Poetry | 71 |
Photographing the War Dead | 103 |
After Emancipation | 132 |
Glory | 165 |
Notes | 177 |
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