Killing ground : photographs of the Civil War and the changing American landscape
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Killing ground : photographs of the Civil War and the changing American landscape
（Creating the North American landscape）
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002
- : [hardcover], alk. paper
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Kobe University General Library / Library for Intercultural Studies
: [hardcover]253-06-H061200401001
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Note
"This book has been brought to publication with the generous assistance of the Andrea Frank Foundation and Middlebury College"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179) and index
Contents of Works
- Contents: A note to the reader
- About the war
- About the work
- The plates: The battlefields
- Appendixes: Brief descriptions of the battles; ownership of the battlefields; the historical photographers
- Bibliography
- Map and picture credits
- Acknowledgments
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In "Killing Ground", John Huddleston embarks on a photographic odyssey through the modern-day landscape of the Civil War. He pairs historical images of the conflict from 62 battle sites across the nation - battlefield scenes, soldiers living and dead, prisoners of war, civilians, and slaves - with his own colour photographs of the same locations a century and a half later, always taken at the same time of year, often at the same hour of the day. Sometimes Huddleston's lens reveals a department store or fast-food restaurant carelessly built on hallowed ground; other images depict overgrown fields or well-manicured parks. When contrasted with their mid-19th-century counterparts, these images challenge the meaning of place in American culture and the evolving legacy of the Civil War in the national memory.
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