Research Catalog

Title

Death and rebirth in a Southern city : Richmond's historic cemeteries / Ryan K. Smith.

Author

Smith, Ryan K.,

Publication

• Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
• ©2020

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Holdings

Details

Description

316 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Summary

"In Richmond--Virginia's capital and once the capital of the Confederacy--deathways and burial practices have changed dramatically over time, yet the color line for preservation and memorialization held steady until recent activist groups stepped forward to reclaim the commemorative landscape for the remains of people of color. Smith traces the disparities between resting sites that have been well maintained and those that have been worn away, dug up, or built over. A work of public history, this book shows how cemeteries can illustrate changes in politics and society across time"--

Subject

• African American cemeteries > Richmond > History
• African American cemeteries
• Cemeteries > Richmond > History
• Cemeteries
• Historic sites > Richmond
• Historic sites
• Memorialization > Social aspects > Richmond
• Public history > Richmond
• Public history
• Race relations
• Richmond (Va.) > History
• Richmond (Va.) > Race relations
• Virginia > Richmond

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The Southern Dead and the Present Moment -- The Churchyard -- The African Burial Grounds -- The New Burying Ground -- Grounds for the Free People of Color and the Enslaved -- The Hebrew Cemeteries -- The Confederate Cemeteries -- The National Cemeteries -- The Post-Emancipation Uplift Cemeteries.

ISBN

• 9781421439273
• 1421439271
• 9781421439280 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2020002974
• 99985905206

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries