Essay about Race and Reunion
Words: 1280 Pages: 4 4199“David W. Blight in Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory examines the collective memory of the American Civil War during the period from 1863 to 1915, interpreting the cultural and societal impact of political memory. Blight summarizes three visions of Civil War memory in the late nineteenth century. A reconciliationist vision narrated the devotion of Union and Confederate fighters whereas avoiding the cause of the war. A white supremacist vision underplayed the cause of slavery and asserted […]