Shadowed ground : America's landscapes of violence and tragedy / Kenneth E. Foote.

Publication | Library Call Number: E159 .F68 2003

Format: Book
Author/Creator: Foote, Kenneth E., 1955-
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2003
Locale: United States
Language: English
External Link: Table of contents
Publisher description
Publisher description
Table of contents only
Edition: Rev. and updated, rev. ed

Physical Description: 398 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents: 1. A landscape of violence and tragedy
2. The veneration of heroes and martyrs
3. Community and catharsis
4. Heroic lessons
5. Innocent places
6. The mark of shame
7. The land-shape of memory and tradition
8. Stigmata of national identity
9. Invisible and shadowed pasts
Afterword : Recent traumas, changing memories, continuing tensions.
ISBN: 0292705255
9780292705258
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-381) and index.

1. A landscape of violence and tragedy -- 2. The veneration of heroes and martyrs -- 3. Community and catharsis -- 4. Heroic lessons -- 5. Innocent places -- 6. The mark of shame -- 7. The land-shape of memory and tradition -- 8. Stigmata of national identity -- 9. Invisible and shadowed pasts -- Afterword : Recent traumas, changing memories, continuing tensions.
Subjects: Historic sites--Social aspects--United States.
Violence--United States--History.
Disasters--United States--History.
United States--History, Local.
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