War on Record: The Archive and the Afterlife of the Civil War
Autor Yael A. Sternhellen Limba Engleză Hardback – 7 noi 2023
Winner of the 2024 Tom Watson Brown Book Award • Shortlisted for the 2024 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize
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 Sternhell traces these records from their creation during wartime through their deployment in a host of postwar battles, including those between the federal government and Southerners seeking reparations and between veterans blaming each other for defeat.
These documents were eventually published in the most important historical collection ever to have been assembled in the United States: The War of the Rebellion: The Official Records of the Union and the Confederate Armies. Known as the OR, it is the ultimate source for generations of scholars and writers and ordinary citizens researching the war. By delving into the archive, Sternhell reveals its power to shape myths, hide truths, perpetuate rancor, and foster reconciliation. Far more than a storehouse of papers, the Civil War archive is a major historical actor in its own right.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780300234145
ISBN-10: 0300234147
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 12 b-w illus.
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: Yale University Press
Colecția Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 0300234147
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 12 b-w illus.
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: Yale University Press
Colecția Yale University Press
Recenzii
“An invaluable history of an archive . . . a major interpretive work that archivists, documentary editors, and historians will embrace.”—John David Smith, North Carolina Historical Review
“A multi-faceted gem.”—Emerging Civil War
“An engaging, detailed look at the people and forces that shaped the federal Civil War archive and the production of the OR.”—Rose Buchanan, Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies
“An important book with wide-ranging implications. . . . This well-written book moves at a brisk pace, and the narrative is captivating.”—Michael T. Bernath, Journal of Southern History
“War on Record forces a much-needed consideration of how archival practices shape our study of America’s defining conflict. . . . A compact and powerful narrative.”—Robert Colby, Journal of the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era
Shortlisted for the 2024 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize
2024 Tom Watson Brown Book Award winner sponsored by the Society of Civil War Historians
Shortlisted for the 2024 Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP) Book History Book Prize
“A meticulously researched and conceptually innovative work that reminds us that archives are never objectively constructed nor intended to be objective and that there is always a price of admission, even for historians. This important book will forever change how we enter and use this archive.”—Thavolia Glymph, author of The Women’s Fight
“Professor Sternhell’s account of the creation of the official records of the American Civil War is a compelling story of an archival achievement almost as full of twists and turns as the war itself.”—James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
“War on Record is a timely and original investigation of the creation of historical archives, a stunning and stellar contribution to our understanding of the Civil War and postwar white reconciliation.”—Martha Hodes, author of My Hijacking: A Personal History of Forgetting and Remembering
“In elucidating prose, Sternhell offers a compelling history of what we know about the Civil War and how we know it. War on Record is not only an indispensable book for Civil War historians but a brilliant primer for anyone searching to understand the past.”—Jim Downs, author of Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine
“A multi-faceted gem.”—Emerging Civil War
“An engaging, detailed look at the people and forces that shaped the federal Civil War archive and the production of the OR.”—Rose Buchanan, Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies
“An important book with wide-ranging implications. . . . This well-written book moves at a brisk pace, and the narrative is captivating.”—Michael T. Bernath, Journal of Southern History
“War on Record forces a much-needed consideration of how archival practices shape our study of America’s defining conflict. . . . A compact and powerful narrative.”—Robert Colby, Journal of the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era
Shortlisted for the 2024 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize
2024 Tom Watson Brown Book Award winner sponsored by the Society of Civil War Historians
Shortlisted for the 2024 Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP) Book History Book Prize
“A meticulously researched and conceptually innovative work that reminds us that archives are never objectively constructed nor intended to be objective and that there is always a price of admission, even for historians. This important book will forever change how we enter and use this archive.”—Thavolia Glymph, author of The Women’s Fight
“Professor Sternhell’s account of the creation of the official records of the American Civil War is a compelling story of an archival achievement almost as full of twists and turns as the war itself.”—James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
“War on Record is a timely and original investigation of the creation of historical archives, a stunning and stellar contribution to our understanding of the Civil War and postwar white reconciliation.”—Martha Hodes, author of My Hijacking: A Personal History of Forgetting and Remembering
“In elucidating prose, Sternhell offers a compelling history of what we know about the Civil War and how we know it. War on Record is not only an indispensable book for Civil War historians but a brilliant primer for anyone searching to understand the past.”—Jim Downs, author of Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine
Notă biografică
Yael Sternhell teaches history and American studies at Tel Aviv University. She is the author of Routes of War: The World of Movement in the Confederate South. She lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Descriere
A history of the United States’ greatest archival project and how it has shaped what we know about the Civil War