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Mourning the Presidents

Loss and Legacy in American Culture

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Mourning the Presidents

By: Lindsay M. Chervinsky - editor, Matthew R. Costello - editor
Narrated by: Holly Adams
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The death of a chief executive, regardless of the circumstances—sudden or expected, still in office or decades later—is always a moment of reckoning and reflection. Mourning the Presidents brings together renowned and emerging scholars to examine how different generations and communities of Americans have eulogized and remembered United States presidents since George Washington's death in 1799. Over twelve individually illuminating chapters, this volume offers a unique approach to understanding American culture and politics by uncovering parallels between different generations of mourners, highlighting distinct experiences, and examining what presidential deaths can tell us about societal fissures at various critical points in the nation's history, right up to the present moment.

©2023 The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia (P)2024 Tantor Americas Political Science Politics & Government Revolution & Founding United States Boston
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