John Brown's Body: Slavery, Violence, & the Culture of WarSinging "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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Execution of Private Lanahan " 143 5.3 . Private William Johnson , executed by a firing squad 144 5.4 . " Death to Traitors " 145 5.5 . " On the Road to Washington " 146 5.6 . " Agriculture , Manufactures , Fine Arts " 147 5.7 .
Execution of Private Lanahan " 143 5.3 . Private William Johnson , executed by a firing squad 144 5.4 . " Death to Traitors " 145 5.5 . " On the Road to Washington " 146 5.6 . " Agriculture , Manufactures , Fine Arts " 147 5.7 .
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Six days after Brown's execution , family and friends held a small memo- rial service , and Brown was buried beneath his grandfather's headstone in the place he loved most . Two weeks after Brown's execution , four of his coconspirators ...
Six days after Brown's execution , family and friends held a small memo- rial service , and Brown was buried beneath his grandfather's headstone in the place he loved most . Two weeks after Brown's execution , four of his coconspirators ...
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The Scaffold Although John Brown was a celebrated martyr during the war years , in December 1859 he was executed as an ... Decid- ing to have Brown hanged , Governor Wise of Virginia defied those who warned that execution would turn the ...
The Scaffold Although John Brown was a celebrated martyr during the war years , in December 1859 he was executed as an ... Decid- ing to have Brown hanged , Governor Wise of Virginia defied those who warned that execution would turn the ...
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At the site of execution , however , where the government used the bodies of outliers — criminals , insurgents , deserters , and traitors -- to articulate its power , an alternative account of the causes and aims of war begins to emerge ...
At the site of execution , however , where the government used the bodies of outliers — criminals , insurgents , deserters , and traitors -- to articulate its power , an alternative account of the causes and aims of war begins to emerge ...
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The Civil War witnessed an unprecedented number of Union army executions— an estimated 267 — unequalled ... troops were often paraded past the dead soldier and forced to look closely at his corpse after the execution was over .
The Civil War witnessed an unprecedented number of Union army executions— an estimated 267 — unequalled ... troops were often paraded past the dead soldier and forced to look closely at his corpse after the execution was over .
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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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| Título | John Brown's Body: Slavery, Violence, & the Culture of War Cultural studies of the United States |
| Autor | Franny Nudelman |
| Edición | ilustrada |
| Editor | UNC Press Books, 2004 |
| ISBN | 080785557X, 9780807855577 |
| Largo | 226 páginas |
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