6/06/2007

"Ultimate failure" and the Centennial

This historiography looks irresistible:

Troubled Commemoration: The American Civil War Centennial, 1961-1965

It's a new book:
Robert J. Cook recounts the planning, organization, and ultimate failure of this controversial event and reveals how the broadbased public history extravaganza was derailed by its appearance during the decisive phase of the civil rights movement.