{"product_id":"relics-of-war-jennifer-raab-9780691179971","title":"Relics of War: The History of a Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow a single haunting image tells a story about violence, mourning, and memory\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1865, Clara Barton traveled to the site of the notorious Confederate prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, where she endeavored to name the missing and the dead. The future founder of the American Red Cross also collected their relics--whittled spoons, woven reed plates, a piece from the prison's \"dead line,\" a tattered Bible--and brought them back to her Missing Soldiers Office in Washington, DC, presenting them to politicians, journalists, and veterans' families before having them photographed together in an altar-like arrangement. \u003ci\u003eRelics of War\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how this powerful image, produced by Mathew Brady, opens a window into the volatile relationship between suffering, martyrdom, and justice in the wake of the Civil War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJennifer Raab shows how this photograph was a crucial part of Barton's efforts to address the staggering losses of a war in which nearly half of the dead were unnamed and from which bodies were rarely returned home for burial. The Andersonville relics gave form to these absent bodies, offered a sacred site for grief and devotion, mounted an appeal on behalf of the women and children left behind, and testified to the crimes of war. The story of the photograph illuminates how military sacrifice was racialized as political reconciliation began, and how the stories of Black soldiers and communities were silenced. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichly illustrated, \u003ci\u003eRelics of War\u003c\/i\u003e vividly demonstrates how one photograph can capture a precarious moment in history, serving as witness, advocate, evidence, and memory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Raab\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691179972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691179971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 7.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Jennifer Raab","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46094484275455,"sku":"9780691179971","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d844ee32-f5c8-46cb-adb1-c117526c1d25.jpg?v=1724844790","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/relics-of-war-jennifer-raab-9780691179971","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}