{"product_id":"a-bloodless-victory-9781421423029","title":"A Bloodless Victory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThus, a close look at the Battle of New Orleans offers an opportunity to explore not just how events are collectively remembered across generations but how a society discards memorialization efforts it no longer finds necessary or palatable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Bloodless Victory\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Joseph F. Stoltz III investigates the different ways white Americans created, contested, and eventually monetized public memory of the Battle of New Orleans. He explores the ways in which narratives are created and recreated and how selective memory of events changes with new political contexts... I applaud Stoltz for his ability to take on such a large topic in such a short space\u003cbr\u003e—Patrick Blythe, Seminole State College of Florida, \u003ci\u003eH-Net Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStoltz's book is a comprehensive study of the battle of New Orleans's presence in the American historical imagination and will serve as the definitive book on the topic.\u003cbr\u003e—Thomas A. Chambers, Niagara University, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWell researched and presented in clear, precise, and robust prose, Stoltz's engaging read reminds us that interpretations of history are often subject to the eyes of the beholder.\u003cbr\u003e—Samuel C. Hyde Jr., Southeastern Louisiana University, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e1. \"By the Eternal, They Shall Not Sleep on Our Soil\"\u003cbr\u003e2. \"Half a Horse and Half an Alligator\"\u003cbr\u003e3. \"Under the Command of a Plain Republican—an American Cincinnatus\"\u003cbr\u003e4. \"The Union Must and Shall Be Preserved\"\u003cbr\u003e5. \"True Daughters of the War\"\u003cbr\u003e6. \"Not Pirate . . . Privateer\"\u003cbr\u003e7. \"Tourism Whetted by the Celebration\"\u003cbr\u003e8. A \"Rustic and Factual\" Appearance\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408122716503,"sku":"9781421423029","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421423029.jpg?v=1730501668","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-bloodless-victory-9781421423029","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}