A fresh perspective on Gettysburg, highlighting how Union veterans’ monumentation shaped the interpretation of the battlefield and ensured that future generations would remember not just where they fought, but why.
Using narratives from fair-goers, this book examines the technological enthusiasm of Victorian society at the 1876 Philadelphia World’s Fair and the resulting transition from agricultural republic to industrial empire.
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