商品簡介
In this collection of 20 papers presented in February 2002 at the joint Douglas Southall Freemen conference and a Southern Historical Association symposium at the University of Richmond, contributors examine what the Civil War meant to Virginia and Virginia meant to the Civil War. Focusing on Robert E. Lee, the war, and the period after the war, the papers' topics include the intentions of Lee and the myths surrounding him, his concept of honor, and his enduring enigma; the role of religion, reportage, and race in the war, the experiences of those of African descent in wartime diplomacy and at the home front, and the issue of interracial love in times of war; the various fates of "rehabilitative" organizations after the war, changes how Southern women viewed themselves, and the efforts to create a "New South." The editors have provided primary documents, including the Virginia succession ordinance and slave narratives. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Peter Wallenstein teaches history at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and is the author of Cradle of America: Four Centuries of Virginia History. Bertram Wyatt-Brown is Richard J. Milbauer Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Florida and is currently a visiting scholar at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of The Shaping of Southern Culture: Honor, Grace, and War, 1760s–1880s.
