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Ghosts of the confederacy : defeat, the lost cause, and the emergence of the new South 1865-1913 /
After Lee and Grant met at Appomatox Court House in 1865 to sign the document ending the long and bloody Civil War, the South at last had to face defeat as the dream of a Confederate nation melted into the Lost Cause. Through an examination of memoirs, personal papers, and postwar Confederate ritual...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
1988.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | After Lee and Grant met at Appomatox Court House in 1865 to sign the document ending the long and bloody Civil War, the South at last had to face defeat as the dream of a Confederate nation melted into the Lost Cause. Through an examination of memoirs, personal papers, and postwar Confederate rituals such as memorial day observances, monument unveilings, and veterans' reunions, Ghosts of the Confederacy probes into how white southerners adjusted to and interpreted their defeat and explores the cultural implications of a central event in American history. Foster argues that, contrary to souther. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 306 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-298) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199772100 019977210X |