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The false cause : fraud, fabrication, and White supremacy in Confederate memory /

"This book examines the foundational role of deliberate misrepresentation in various elements of white supremist Lost Cause mythology, from Confederate soldiers' military prowess, loyalty, motivation, and unity, to mythical black Confederates, to the evolution of Lost Cause myths to suppor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Domby, Adam H., 1983- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : The University of Virginia Press, 2020.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Rewriting the past in stone: monuments, North Carolina politics, and Jim Crow, 1890-1929
  • Inventing Confederates: creating heroes to maintain white supremacy, 1900-1951
  • The loyal deserters: Confederate pension fraud in Civil War memory, 1901-1940
  • Playing the faithful slave: pensions for ex-slaves and free people of color, 1905-1951
  • The soldiers who weren't: how loyal slaves became "Black Confederates," 1910-2018
  • Why the lost cause still needs to lose.