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Hope and Glory: Essays on the Legacy of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment
Martin H. Blatt
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Description for Hope and Glory: Essays on the Legacy of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment
Paperback. The monument by Augustus Saint-Gaudens to Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, located on Boston Common, stands at a symbolic crossroads of American history. This volume looks at the ways Americans have responded to the story of the regiment and the Saint-Gaudens monument. It also examines race and community in the United States. Editor(s): Blatt, Martin H.; Brown, Thomas J.; Yacovone, Donald. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBWJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
This work examines the lasting influence of the most famous black military unit of the Civil War. It was the semifinalist for the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award. The monument by Augustus Saint-Gaudens to Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, located on Boston Common, stands at a symbolic crossroads of American history. A reminder of the nation's ongoing struggle over race, it captures the Civil War's higher purpose - the end of slavery - and memorializes those black soldiers and white officers who made common cause in the service of freedom. The monument and the saga of the ... Read more
This work examines the lasting influence of the most famous black military unit of the Civil War. It was the semifinalist for the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award. The monument by Augustus Saint-Gaudens to Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, located on Boston Common, stands at a symbolic crossroads of American history. A reminder of the nation's ongoing struggle over race, it captures the Civil War's higher purpose - the end of slavery - and memorializes those black soldiers and white officers who made common cause in the service of freedom. The monument and the saga of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558497221
SKU
V9781558497221
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Ref
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About Martin H. Blatt
MARTIN H. BLATT is chief of cultural resources and historian at Boston National Historical Park. THOMAS J. BROWN is associate professor of history at the University of South Carolina. DONALD YACOVONE is manager of research and grants, Du Bois Institute, Harvard University.
Reviews for Hope and Glory: Essays on the Legacy of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment
An essential book, helping us to understand how history, memory, monuments, and myth intertwine to keep the present comforted and discomforted by the past. - Journal of American History ""An excellent, readable book full of thoughtful and provocative analysis from leading scholars.... It adds much to our understanding of black Americans' contributions to the Civil War."" - New England Quarterly ... Read more