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Excavating the Historical Memory of the American Revolution
Trauma and Melancholy in Anthon's Notes
Excavating the Historical Memory of the American Revolution
Trauma and Melancholy in Anthon's Notes
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In this book, Shawn Thomson excavates Charles Anthon's personal notes to reveal revolutionary memory and the presence of historical melancholy in this era of radical turnover and shifting alliances.
In these notes, Charles Anthon recorded his personal inquiries into all aspects of life in the Loyalist stronghold of Staten Island from October 13, 1850 to January 8, 1853. Through this written record, Anthon provides a counter history of the Loyalists of Staten Island to the grand narrative of the Patriots of the American Revolution. Through a close reading of Anthon's notes, Shawn Thomson examines how these personal records and historical research hold the places, ruins, artifacts, and, most significantly, the collective and personal memory of Staten Island Loyalists and New Jersey Whigs. Through this close reading, Thomson highlights the indelible link between landscape and memory and offers the reader a sense of the Loyalist melancholy of their abandonment on the day of the British evacuation.
Table of Contents
Anthon's Notes
Part One: Charles Anthon's Unwritten History of Staten Island
Chapter One
The Loyalists of Staten Island
Chapter Two
The Violence and Trauma of the Loyalist Revolutionary Memory
Chapter Three
Sites of Loyalist Melancholy
Chapter Four
Recovered And “Vanished” Histories of Staten Island
Chapter Five
Landmarks of Staten Island Historical Memory
Part Two: Charles Anthon's Notes and the Shifting Ground of American Revolutionary Memory
Chapter Six
Monuments of Historical Melancholy
Chapter Seven
Staten Island and New Jersey Whig Revolutionary Memory
Afterword
The Persistence of Historical Memory: The Life and Letters of Charles Anthon and W. G. Sebald
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Product details
| Published | Jul 10 2025 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 320 |
| ISBN | 9781666946253 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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