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A Bloodless Victory - The Battle of New Orleans in History and Memory (Hardcover)
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A Bloodless Victory - The Battle of New Orleans in History and Memory (Hardcover)
Series: Johns Hopkins Books on the War of 1812
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Once celebrated on par with the Fourth of July, January 8th-the
anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans-is no longer a day of
reverence for most Americans. Although the United States' stunning
1815 defeat of the British army south of New Orleans gave rise to
the presidency of Andrew Jackson, the Democratic Party, and the
legend of Jean Laffite, the battle has not been a national holiday
since 1861. Joseph F. Stoltz III explores how generations of
Americans have consciously revised, reinterpreted, and reexamined
the memory of the conflict to fit the cultural and social needs of
their time. Combining archival research with deep analyses of
music, literature, theatre, and film across two centuries of
American popular culture, Stoltz highlights the myriad ways that
politicians, artists, academics, and ordinary people have rewritten
the battle's history. While these efforts could be nefarious-or
driven by political necessity or racial animus-far more often they
were simply part of each generations' expression of values and
world view. From Andrew Jackson's presidential campaign to the
occupation of New Orleans by the Union Army to the Jim Crow era,
the continuing reinterpretations of the battle alienated whole
segments of the American population from its memorialization. Thus,
a close look at the Battle of New Orleans offers an opportunity to
explore not just how events are collectively remembered across
generations but also how a society discards memorialization efforts
it no longer finds necessary or palatable.
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