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Paul D Escott
University Press of Florida

Uncommonly Savage: Civil War and Remembrance in Spain and the United States

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AuthorPaul D Escott
PublisherUniversity Press of Florida
PublishedMar 03 2014
Book FormatHardcover
ISBN-139780813049410
Dimensions9 X 6.1 X 0.9 inches
Weight 1.2 pounds
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CategoriesHistory > Europe - Spain & Portugal
LanguageEnglish

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Truly impressive. Travels uncharted terrain, moving deftly through a vast scholarship in two languages. The research is sound, the prose crisp and accessible, and the subject unquestionably important.--W. Fitzhugh Brundage, author of The Southern Past: A Clash of Race and Memory

Illuminates the enduring potency of memory in shaping postwar societies for generations after the fighting ceased, reminding us that both losers and victors often had powerful motives to remember--and to forget.--Caroline E. Janney, author of Remembering the Civil War

Traces the dynamics of memory in the aftermath of the Spanish and American civil wars and demonstrates how similar processes of closure, willful blindness, and ideological inculcation worked out in the different contexts to produce sometimes similar but often radically different outcomes. --Cillian McGrattan, author of Memory, Politics and Identity

With an engaging narrative and deep research, the book is a model of the benefits derived from a truly comparative study.--David Goldfield, author of Still Fighting the Civil War

Spain and the United States both experienced extremely bloody and divisive civil wars that left social and emotional wounds, many of which still endure today. In Uncommonly Savage, award-winning historian Paul Escott considers the impact of internecine violence on memory and ideology, politics, and process of reconciliation. He also examines debates over reparation or moral recognition, the rise of truth and reconciliation commissions, and the legal, psychological, and religious aspects of modern international law regarding amnesty.

Author Bio

Paul D. Escott earned his B.A. degree cum laude from Harvard College and his Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Duke University. He taught at UNC Charlotte before coming to Wake Forest, where he served for nine years as Dean of the College.

He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, has received fellowships from the Whitney Young, Jr., Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, and twice won an award for the best non-fiction book published by a resident of North Carolina.

His most recent book is Lincoln’s Dilemma: Blair, Sumner, and the Republican Struggle over Racism and Equality in the Civil War Era.

He comments: “The history of the Civil War Era looms large in our nation’s struggles to overcome racism and realize its ideals of freedom and equality. Even today popular culture misrepresents the reality of the Civil War era in ways that obscure our understanding of our society’s past. Excessive glorification of the Confederacy or the Union can blind us to the nature of the problems that the United States has had to surmount or struggles with still.”

Education
B.A. Harvard College 1969
M.A. Duke University 1972
Ph.D. Duke University 1974

Source: Wake Forest University

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