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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459616103321

Autore

Murray Jennifer M.

Titolo

On a great battlefield : the making, management, and memory of Gettysburg National Military Park, 1933-2013 / / Jennifer M. Murray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Knoxville, Tennessee : , : The University of Tennessee Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-62190-081-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Disciplina

974.8/43

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

We are met on a great battlefield: Gettysburg, 1863-1933 -- We cannot hallow this ground: the National Park Service's beginnings at Gettysburg, 1933-1940 -- From these honored dead we take increased devotion: Gettysburg does its part for victory, 1941-1945 -- The world will little note nor long remember: postwar tourism, patriotism, and the new birth of commercialization, 1946-1955 -- The great task remaining before us: Mission 66 and Cold War patriotism, 1956-1960 -- Dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal: the Civil War Centennial at Gettysburg, 1961-1965 -- Our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation: the new Gettysburg experience, 1966-1975 -- So conceived and so dedicated: balancing preservation and visitor access, 1976-1988 -- Now we are engaged in a great Civil War: finding a vision amidst a sea of turmoil, 1989-1997 -- They who fought here: culture wars and a new direction at Gettysburg, 1998-2000 -- Shall not perish from the earth: a new beginning at Gettysburg, 2001-2009.