{"product_id":"confederate-statues-and-memorialization-9780820355573","title":"Confederate Statues and Memorialization","description":"\u003cp\u003eNine killed in Charleston church shooting. White supremacists demonstrate in Charlottesville. Monuments decommissioned in New Orleans and Chapel Hill. The headlines keep coming, and the debate rolls on. How should we contend with our troubled history as a nation? What is the best way forward? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis first book in UGA Press's History in the Headlines series offers a rich discussion between four leading scholars who have studied the history of Confederate memory and memorialization. Through this dialogue, we see how historians explore contentious topics and provide historical context for students and the broader public. \u003ci\u003eConfederate Statues and Memorialization\u003c\/i\u003e artfully engages the past and its influence on present racial and social tensions in an accessible format for students and interested general readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing the conversation, the book includes a \"Top Ten\" set of essays and articles that everyone should read to flesh out their understanding of this contentious, sometimes violent topic. The book closes with an extended list of recommended reading, offering readers specific suggestions for pursuing other voices and points of view.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Clinton (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CATHERINE CLINTON is the Denman Professor of American History at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She has served as president of the Southern Historical Association, is an elected member of the Society of American Historians and a recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship. She is the author and editor of more than two dozen volumes, including\u003ci\u003e Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMrs. Lincoln: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eStepdaughters of History\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eCivil War Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (Georgia). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eW. Fitzhugh Brundage (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e W. FITZHUGH BRUNDAGE is the William B. Umstead Distinguished Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His books include \u003ci\u003eBeyond Blackface: African Americans and the Creation of American Popular Culture, 1890-1930\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Past: A Clash of Race and Memory\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren L. Cox (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e KAREN L. COX is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Her books include \u003ci\u003eDixie's Daughters: The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGoat Castle: A True Story of Murder, Race, and the Gothic South\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eDreaming of Dixie: How the South Was Created in American Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary W. Gallagher (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e GARY W. GALLAGHER is the John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War emeritus at the University of Virginia. He has written or edited numerous books on the Civil War, including \u003ci\u003eBecoming Confederates: Paths to a New National Loyalty\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLens of War: Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e, coedited with J. Matthew Gallman (both Georgia). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNell Irvin Painter (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e NELL IRVIN PAINTER is the Edwards Professor of American History Emerita at Princeton University. Her most recent books are \u003ci\u003eThe History of White People\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStanding at Armageddon: A Grassroots History of the Progressive Era\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413503119634,"sku":"9780820355573","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1faa00ce-2eb4-42ab-ade6-37df3d718c26.jpg?v=1729354561","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/confederate-statues-and-memorialization-9780820355573","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}