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10%OFFEdward Linenthal - Sacred Ground - 9780252061714 - V9780252061714
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Sacred Ground

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Description for Sacred Ground Paperback. "An authoritative study of the nature of the American patriotic spirit as observed in its most hallowed memorials" (Kirkus Reviews), this book includes updates of each site, and offers the most thorough description and analysis of the 50th anniversary commemorations at Pearl Harbor. Photos. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 24. Weight in Grams: 726.
      Americans have persistently expressed fascination with the nation's most
        famous battlefields through patriotic rhetoric, monument building, physical
        preservation, and battle reenactment. But each site is also a place where
        different groups of Americans come to compete for ownership of cherished
        national stories and to argue about the meaning of war, the importance
        of martial sacrifice, and the significance of preserving the nation's
        patriotic landscape.
      From the anniversary speeches at Lexington and Concord that shaped the
        image of the minuteman to Alamo ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252061714
SKU
V9780252061714
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

Reviews for Sacred Ground
"A blockbuster."
Edwin C. Bearss, chief historian, National Park Service, and author of Vicksburg Campaign.

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