Princeton University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Princeton University Press ISBN 069111949x 9780691119496 [US]

Jul 26, 2004. New. Paperback, new book, excellent condition! lr. ISBN 069111949X 9780691119496 [US]

Paperback / softback. New. As rancorous debates over Confederate symbols continue, this work explores how the rebel flag gained its enormous power to inspire and repel. In the process, it shows how the Confederacy sustained itself for as long as it did by cultivating the allegiances of countless ordinary citizens. ISBN 069111949x 9780691119496 [GB]

Princeton Univ Pr, Date: 2004. Paperback. New. 223 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. 2004. Princeton Univ Pr ISBN 069111949X 9780691119496 [GB]

ISBN10: 069111949X, ISBN13: 9780691119496, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - As rancorous debates over Confederate symbols continue, Robert Bonner explores how the rebel flag gained its enormous power to inspire and repel. In the process, he shows how the Confederacy sustained itself for as long as it did by cultivating the allegiances of countless ordinary citizens. Bonner also comments more broadly on flag passions--those intense emotional reactions to waving pieces of cloth that inflame patriots to kill and die.Colors and Blood depicts a pervasive flag culture that set the emotional tone of the Civil War in the Union as well as the Confederacy. Northerners and southerners alike devoted incredible energy to flags, but the Confederate project was unique in creating a set of national symbols from scratch. In describing the activities of white southerners who designed, sewed, celebrated, sang about, and bled for their new country's most visible symbols, the book charts the emergence of Confederate nationalism. Theatrical flag performances that cast secession in a melodramatic mode both amplified and contained patriotic emotions, contributing to a flag-centered popular patriotism that motivated true believers to defy and sacrifice. This wartime flag culture nourished Confederate nationalism for four years, but flags' martial associations ultimately eclipsed their expression of ...
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ISBN10: 069111949X, ISBN13: 9780691119496, [publisher: Princeton Univ Pr] Softcover 223 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2004]

Princeton University Press, Date: 2004-07-25. paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2004. Princeton University Press ISBN 069111949X 9780691119496 [US]