Buying and Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America

Book Overview

Buying and Selling Civil War Memory explores the ways in which Gilded Age manufacturers, advertisers, publishers, and others commercialized Civil War memory. Advertisers used images of the war to sell everything from cigarettes to sewing machines; an entire industry grew up around uniforms made for veterans rather than soldiers; publishing houses built subscription bases by tapping into wartime loyalties; while old and young alike found...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820359653
• ISBN13: 9780820359656
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"