Battles on the Homefront: Battlefield Reclamation and Interpretive Challenges at Civil War Historic Sites

dc.contributor.advisorWest, Carrollen_US
dc.contributor.authorFinch, Rachaelen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberVan Zelm, Antoinetteen_US
dc.contributor.departmentHistoryen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-02T18:44:42Z
dc.date.available2014-06-02T18:44:42Z
dc.date.issued2013-03-29en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the twenty-first-century push for battlefield reclamation in the context of the broader historic preservation movement, discusses new avenues for present and future battlefield reclamation activities, and reviews decision processes and strategies with the central focus placed on interpretive issues at Civil War historic sites. Public and private partnerships, formed between historical and heritage organizations, allow cities and state entities to determine the issues of urban encroachment, funding, interpretation and the scope of the landscape to be preserved. These challenges for the twenty-first century battlefield reclamation may be solved through strong, viable partnerships that serve as the catalyst for local preservation efforts to continue.en_US
dc.description.abstractExamining the Franklin battlefield landscape, as the primary case study juxtaposed with the Vicksburg National Military Park, will detail how past preservation efforts of these battlefields or lack thereof, leads to a narrow interpretation of the whole story. Instilling the best practices approach will make these sites viable and sustain historic resources for the good of their communities. The challenge remaining for heritage and historical communities and their partners will be to determine who will manage the land and more importantly, what the future holds for continued preservation efforts and the authenticity of shared histories on the battlefield landscape.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/3515
dc.publisherMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.subject.umiAmerican historyen_US
dc.subject.umiMilitary historyen_US
dc.thesis.degreegrantorMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.thesis.degreelevelMastersen_US
dc.titleBattles on the Homefront: Battlefield Reclamation and Interpretive Challenges at Civil War Historic Sitesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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