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Description: Death at the Edges of Empire by Shannon Bontrager Examines the culture of death, burial, and commemoration of American war dead. By focusing on the Civil War, the Spanish-Cuban-American War, the Philippine-American War, and World War I, Bontrager produces a history of collective memories of war expressed through American cultural traditions. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Hundreds of thousands of individuals perished in the epic conflict of the U.S. Civil War. As battles raged and the specter of death and dying hung over the divided nation, the living worked not only to bury their dead but also to commemorate them. President Abraham Lincolns Gettysburg Address perhaps best voiced the public yearning to memorialize the war dead. His address marked the beginning of a new tradition of commemorating American soldiers and also signaled a transformation in the relationship between the government and the citizenry through an embedded promise and obligation for the living to remember the dead. In Death at the Edges of Empire Shannon Bontrager examines the culture of death, burial, and commemoration of American war dead. By focusing on the Civil War, the Spanish-Cuban-American War, the Philippine-American War, and World War I, Bontrager produces a history of collective memories of war expressed through American cultural traditions that emerged within broader transatlantic and transpacific networks. Examining the pragmatic collaborations between middle-class Americans and government officials to negotiate the contradictory terrain of empire and nation, Death at the Edges of Empire shows how Americans imposed modern order on the inevitability of death and used the war dead to reimagine political identities and opportunities into imperial ambitions. Author Biography Shannon Bontrager is an associate professor of history at Georgia Highlands College in Cartersville, Georgia. Table of Contents List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Lincolns PromiseSection 1: StorageChapter 1: Where The Grapes of Wrath Are StoredChapter 2: The Nation, A Monument of EmpireChapter 3: Reunion: Remembering Domestic Foreign SpacesSection 2: RetrievalChapter 4: Retrieve the Maine!Chapter 5: Memories of a Foreign LandSection 3: CommunicationChapter 6: Exiles of American Cultural MemoryChapter 7: Cultural Memory in the Information AgeChapter 8: ""That Cause Shall Not Be Betrayed""Chapter 9: Listening to Empire: (Re)Playing the Mystic Chords of Memory After the Great WarEpilogue: Reclaiming Lincolns Promise?Appendix A: List of Stops for D.H. Rhodes Tour of the PhilippinesAppendix B: List of Stops for F.S. Croggons Tour of the PhilippinesNotesBibliographyIndex Review "Original, thoughtful, and wide-ranging. Readers interested in the connections among military sacrifice, memory, and national identity will come away with many insights."—Andre M. Fleche, Journal of Southern History"Though a work of history, Death at the Edges of Empire ultimately raises questions about the present: Are we too divided to do war memorials anymore? And if so, are honest forms of commemoration even possible?"—Randall Fuller, Wall Street Journal"Death at the Edges of Empire is an insightful new addition into the historiography on how Americans construct cultural memories from their military dead and how these memories are susceptible to change."—Tristan Krause, H-War"This is would be an excellent book for a graduate level seminar in American historical geography or American cultural memory. . . . Geographers who study cultural memory will be especially interested in the skillful analysis of how memory moves and takes shape across places at different scales to justify the American imperial project."—Jordan P. Brasher, Journal of Historical Geography"This innovative work—part intellectual history and part memory study—reveals the shifting cultural landscape of late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century America and the crucial of role of military cemeteries within this national, transatlantic, and transpacific narrative."—Tracy L. Barnett, North Carolina Historical Review"Shannon Bontrager has written an intricate, impressive book about mourning, memory, and national identity. Some facets of his story are familiar, but he extends the sweep of his analysis in fresh and provocative directions, enlarging it, as the title suggests, to the edges of the American empire."—W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Civil War Book Review"Shannon Bontragers Death at the Edges of Empire is an important addition to the scholarship of cultural memory. By limiting the scope to the period between the Civil War and the end of World War I, he allows us to trace the evolution of remembrance across four very different conflicts during a period that transformed America as a nation. Given the depth and complexity of the topics discussed, this book would work well in a graduate-level seminar on American history, especially one concerned with cultural memory."—Robert T. Jones, Cercles"Death at the Edges of Empire provides an essential new perspective on the intersection of military memory, the bodies of the war dead, race, and empire. It pushes historians to consider how the war dead have been used to expand American empire while reinforcing the limitations of who could be included in the American project. As the United States confronts the legacy of military commemoration in new ways, this book provides scholars with novel analyses that will strengthen their understandings of the field."—Allison S. Finkelstein, Journal of the Civil War Era"Bontragers wide sweep means that scholars with different specialties will find this book valuable."—Vicki Daniel, Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era"Shannon Bontragers Death at the Edges of Empire joins a list of other seminal works on war and memory, such as Kristin Hasss Carried to the Wall. He shows the importance of culture on shaping American narratives regarding war. It is a very important addition to the literature. Highly recommended!"—Kyle Longley, author of Grunts: The American Combat Soldier in Vietnam Review Quote "Though a work of history, Death at the Edges of Empire ultimately raises questions about the present: Are we too divided to do war memorials anymore? And if so, are honest forms of commemoration even possible?"--Randall Fuller, Wall Street Journal Promotional "Headline" Lincolns Promise focuses on the culture of death and commemoration of American soldiers of the Civil War, the Spanish-Cuban-American and Philippine American wars and the First World War, and links cultural and political history to explore the trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific contexts of the reproduction and transformation of American cultural memory. Placing these imperial conflicts at the center of the study allows for a transnational approach to the development of American modernity. A scholarly gap remains in investigating the culture of death and commemoration unfolding between these epic wars during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Bontrager fills this gap and brings an innovative approach to American historiography by tracing the making and maintaining of what is described as "Lincolns Promise" articulated in President Abraham Lincolns Gettysburg Address. Bontrager argues that rituals surrounding the death and memorialization of American soldiers helped demarcate locations of difference, inclusion and exclusion, based on racial ideologies, religious beliefs, and economic realities, adding another layer to the study of American imperialism. Description for Sales People Lincolns Promise focuses on the culture of death and commemoration of American soldiers of the Civil War, the Spanish-Cuban-American and Philippine American wars and the First World War, and links cultural and political history to explore the trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific contexts of the reproduction and transformation of American cultural memory. Placing these imperial conflicts at the center of the study allows for a transnational approach to the development of American modernity. A scholarly gap remains in investigating the culture of death and commemoration unfolding between these epic wars during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Bontrager fills this gap and brings an innovative approach to American historiography by tracing the making and maintaining of what is described as "Lincolns Promise" articulated in President Abraham Lincolns Gettysburg Address. Bontrager argues that rituals surrounding the death and memorialization of American soldiers helped demarcate locations of difference, inclusion and exclusion, based on racial ideologies, religious beliefs, and economic realities, adding another layer to the study of American imperialism. Details ISBN1496201841 Author Shannon Bontrager Pages 432 Publisher University of Nebraska Press Series Studies in War, Society, and the Military Year 2020 ISBN-10 1496201841 ISBN-13 9781496201843 Format Hardcover Imprint University of Nebraska Press Place of Publication Lincoln Country of Publication United States Publication Date 2020-02-01 DEWEY 303.660973 Short Title Death at the Edges of Empire Language English UK Release Date 2020-02-01 AU Release Date 2020-02-01 NZ Release Date 2020-02-01 US Release Date 2020-02-01 Illustrations 28 photographs, 2 appendixes, index Subtitle Fallen Soldiers, Cultural Memory, and the Making of an American Nation, 1863–1921 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159797355;

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