War on record : the archive and the afterlife of the Civil War

War on record the archive and the afterlife of the Civil War

"A history of the United States' greatest archival project and how it has shaped what we know about the Civil War The Civil War generated a vast archive of official records--documents that would shape the postwar era and determine what future generations would know about the war. Yael Ster...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sternhell, Yael A., autor (autor)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press [2023]
Subjects:
Estados Unidos. > Archivos.
Estados Unidos. > Historia > 1861-1865 (Guerra civil) > Fuentes.
See on Universidad de Navarra:https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991011570633108016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. An Archive Made and Unmade
  • 2. Revenge in the Archive
  • 3. Archiving without an Archive
  • 4. Official Records and the Search for Truth
  • 5. "Simply the Facts"
  • 6. Missing Links
  • 7. The Archive and Sectional Reconciliation
  • CODA An Imperfect Story
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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