The long reconstruction : the post-Civil War south in history, film, and memory /

Wetta, Frank J., 1942-

The long reconstruction : the post-Civil War south in history, film, and memory / Frank J. Wetta and Martin A. Novelli. - New York : Routledge, 2014. - xvii, 160 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The night they drove old Dixie down: constructing reconstruction history -- Lincoln "unmurdered": reconstruction alternatives and counterfactuals -- "Let's make a start": war and reconstruction on the homefront -- "Sunshine headin' my way": memories of reconstruction in black and white -- Wilkes & Kennedy: the economic consequences of the Civil War -- "I am vengeful and I shall not sleep" : the Civil War and the legacy of violence during reconstruction -- "A gallant soldier and a Christian gentleman": the reconciliation of north and south on the post-Civil War frontier -- "The princess of the moon" : the lost cause, reconstruction, and the unfinished Civil War.

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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Social aspects.
Popular culture--History--Southern States--19th century.
Collective memory--Southern States
Memory--Social aspects--Southern States.
Memoria colectiva--Estados del Sur (Estados Unidos).


United States--History--Motion pictures and the war.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Southern States--Social life and customs--1865-
United States--History--Influence.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno--1865-1977.
Estados Unidos--Historia--Reconstrucción, 1865-1877.
Estados Unidos--Historia--Período de reconstrucción--Fuentes.
Estados del Sur (Estados Unidos)--Vida social y costumbres--1865-1918.

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