Sealed with Blood : War, Sacrifice, and Memory in Revolutionary America.
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- text
- computer
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- 9780812203028
- Memory-Social aspects-United States-History-18th century
- Memory-Social aspects-United States-History-19th century
- National characteristics, American
- Nationalism-United States-History-18th century
- Nationalism-United States-History-19th century
- Political culture-United States-History-18th century
- Political culture-United States-History-19th century
- United States-History-Revolution, 1775-1783-Social aspects
- United States-History-Revolution, 1775-1783-Monuments
- United States-History-Revolution, 1775-1783-Influence
- 973.3
- E209 -- .P93 2010eb
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: Public Memory and the Revolutionary War -- 1 "Blood-Bought Fame": National Identity and Commemoration During the Revolutionary War, 1775-1781 -- 2 "Gratitude Shall Be Written on Our Hearts": The Nation and Military Gratitude, 1781-1789 -- 3 "Republican Emblems" and "Popular Devices": Heroes and Their Audiences in an Age of Party Conflict, 1790-1800 -- 4 National Crisis and Destabilized Memory, 1801-1819 -- 5 The Return of Lafayette: Memory and the National Future, 1820-1825 -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Acknowledgments.
"An exemplary study of public memory because of its wide vision, its attentiveness to context, and its careful delineation of change over time."--David Waldstreicher, author of In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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