The Civil War Soldier and the Press (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Quinn, Katrina J.; Sachsman, David B.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Civil War Soldier and the Press examines how the press powerfully shaped the nation's understanding and memory of the common soldier, setting the stage for today's continuing debates about the Civil War and its legacy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000878264
• Artikelnr.: 67685736

Autorenporträt

Katrina J. Quinn, Ph.D., is chair of the Strategic Communication and Media Department at Slippery Rock University. A 2019 Hazel Dicken-Garcia Distinguished Scholar of Journalism History, Dr. Quinn has published on topics such as nineteenth-century political reporting, the Civil War press, sensationalism, narrative, and journalism of the American frontier. David B. Sachsman, Ph.D., held the George R. West, Jr. Chair of Excellence in Communication and Public Affairs at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he served as director of the annual Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression for nearly 30 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Seeking the Soldier in the Civil War Press Part 1:
Introducing the Civil War Soldier 1. Covering "Our Boys": Introducing the
Heroic Soldier in the Civil War Press, 1861-1862 2. Picturing Union
Soldiers of the Civil War in the Illustrated Press 3. "Army letters of
general interest will always find a place in our columns": Soldiers'
Letters to Ohio Newspapers during the Civil War 4. Soldiers on the Home
Front: The Press Reports the Changing Roles of Women During the Civil War
5. Civil War Conscription in the Pages of Federal and Confederate
Newspapers in 1863 Part 2: Reporting the Soldier at War 6. Die Deutsche
Sicht: How Germans Viewed Themselves through the Press during the American
Civil War 7. The Irish American Union Soldier in the Press and Popular
Memory 8. "He Has Earned the Right of Citizenship": Portraits of the
African American Soldier in the Civil War Press 9. Duty, Honor, Manhood,
and Nationalism: Portrayals of Texas's Civil War Soldiers 10. Mexican
American Combatants in the Civil War Press 11. The Popular Press and the
Personal Experiences of Civil War Prisoners Part 3: Commemorating and
Remembering the Civil War Soldier 12. "Sacrificed Upon the Altar of His
Country": Soldiers' Obituaries During the Civil War 13. "The Spectacle is a
Sad One": The Disabled Civil War Soldier in the Nineteenth-Century American
Press 14. TheCentury Magazine and Memory of the American Civil War 15.
Nineteenth-Century Press Coverage of Memorials to the Common Civil War
Soldier