The False Cause : Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory.
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TextPublisher: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (273 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780813943770
- Soldiers' monuments-Moral and ethical aspects-Southern States
- White supremacy movements-United States-History
- United States-Race relations-History-19th century
- United States-Race relations-History-20th century
- United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Monuments-Moral and ethical aspects
- United States-Historiography
- 320.56/909
- E645 .D663 2020
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Rewriting the Past in Stone -- 2. Inventing Confederates -- 3. The Loyal Deserters -- 4. Playing the Faithful Slave -- 5. The Soldiers Who Weren't -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
" The book concludes with a penetrating examination of how the Lost Cause narrative and the lies on which it is based continue to haunt the country today and still work to maintain racial inequality.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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