The American Civil War in British Culture Representations and Respon
This book explores the continuous British fascination with the American Civil War from the 1870s to the present. Analysing the War's place in British political discourse, military writing, intellectual life and popular culture, it traces the sources of Br
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The American Civil War in British Culture Representations and Responses, 1870 to the Present Nimrod Tal
© Nimrod Tal 2015
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-48925-8
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Contents List of Figures
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
1
1 The War and the Political Debate about Ireland
10
2 The Civil War in British Military Thought
33
3 British Intellectuals and Abraham Lincoln
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4 The American Civil War in British Cinemas
96
5 Civil War Roundtable and Re-enactment Societies
124
Conclusion
156
Notes
164
Bibliography
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Index
215
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List of Figures 3.1 George Grey Barnard’s statue of Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln Square, Manchester 3.2 Augustus Saint-Gaudens’s statue of Abraham Lincoln in Parliament Square, London 5.1 Members of the Southern Skirmish Association in the club’s first event, 1967 5.2 Members of the Southern Skirmish Association in a club event, June 1968 5.3 An American Civil War Society re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg in Cheshire, England, April 2011 5.4 An American Civil War Society camp 5.5 A typical canvas tent used by British re-enactors 5.6 A Southern Skirmish Association camp
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