Domby, Adam H.

The False Cause : Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages)

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.

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.


Electronic books.

E645 .D663 2020

320.56/909