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Crossing the Deadlines - Civil War Prisons Reconsidered (Hardcover)
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Crossing the Deadlines - Civil War Prisons Reconsidered (Hardcover)
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The "deadlines" were boundaries prisoners had to stay within or
risk being shot. Just as a prisoner would take the daring challenge
in "crossing the deadline" to attempt escape, Crossing the
Deadlines crosses those boundaries of old scholarship by taking on
bold initiatives with new methodologies, filling a void in the
current scholarship of Civil War prison historiography, which
usually does not go beyond discussing policy, prison history and
environmental and social themes. Due to its eclectic mix of
contributors-from academic and public historians to anthropologists
currently excavating at specific stockade sites-the collection
appeals to a variety of scholarly and popular audiences. Readers
will discover how the Civil War incarceration narrative has
advanced to include environmental, cultural, social, religious,
retaliatory, racial, archaeological, and memory approaches. As the
historiography of Civil War captivity continues to evolve, readers
of Crossing the Deadlines will discover elaboration on themes that
emerged in William Hesseltine's classic collection, Civil War
Prisons, as well as interconnections with more recent
interdisciplinary scholarship. Rather than being dominated by
policy analysis, this collection examines the latest trends,
methodologies, and multidisciplinary approaches in Civil War
carceral studies. Unlike its predecessor, which took a micro
approach on individual prisons and personal accounts, Crossing the
Deadlines is a compilation of important themes that are interwoven
on broader scale by investigating many prisons North and South.
Although race played a major role in the war, its study has not
been widely integrated into the prison narrative; a portion of this
collection is dedicated to the role of African Americans as both
prisoners and guards and to the slave culture and perceptions of
race that perpetuated in prisons. Trends in environmental,
societal, and cultural implications related to prisons are
investigated as well as the latest finds at prison excavation
sites, including the challenges and triumphs in awakening Civil War
prisons' memory at historical sites.
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