Death at the edges of empire : fallen soldiers, cultural memory, and the making of an American nation, 1863-1921
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Death at the edges of empire : fallen soldiers, cultural memory, and the making of an American nation, 1863-1921
(Studies in war, society, and the military / editors, Mark Grimsley, Peter Maslowski ; editorial board, D'Ann Campbell ... [et al.])
University of Nebraska Press, c2020
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Extensive and substantial revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Georgia State University, 2011, with title: Nationalizing the dead : the contested making of an American commemorative tradition from the Civil War to the Great War
Summary: "Shannon Bontrager examines the culture of death, burial, and commemoration of fallen American soldiers in the Civil War, the Spanish-Cuban-American War, the Philippine-American War, and World War I. He links the cultural and political history of American war dead to explore the transatlantic and transpacific contexts of America's imperial ambitions"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography: p. 357-370
Includes index
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