VISIBLE CONFEDERACY
Author | : Ross Andrew Brooks |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019 |
ISBN-10 | : 0807173711 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780807173718 |
Rating | : 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Download or read book VISIBLE CONFEDERACY written by Ross Andrew Brooks and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Visible Confederacy is a comprehensive analysis of the commercially and government-generated visual and material culture of the Confederate States of America. While historians have mainly studied Confederate identity through printed texts, this book shows that Confederates also built and shared a sense of who they were through other media: theatrical performances, military clothing, manufactured goods, and an assortment of other material. Examining previously understudied and often unpublished visual and documentary sources, Ross A. Brooks provides new perspectives on Confederates' sense of identity and ideas about race, gender, and independence, as well as how those conceptions united and divided them"--