The Civil War in Popular Culture: Memory and Meaning

Dividing the nation for four years, the American Civil War resulted in 750,000 casualties and forever changed the country's destiny. The conflict continues to resonate in our collective memory, and U.S. economic, cultural, and social structures still suffer the aftershocks of the nation's largest and most devastating war. Nearly 150 years later, portrayals of the war in books, songs, cinema, and other cultural media continue to draw widespread attention and controversy. In The Civil War in Popu

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813143071
• ISBN13: 9780813143071
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher