The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History /

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The myth of the Lost Cause of the Confederate States in the Civil War was and is an elaborate and intentional effort on the part of southerners to rationalise the secession and the war itself. Unfortunately, for historical truth and the national memory, these skilful propagandists, beginning with Ju...

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Otros Autores: Nolan, Alan T., Gallagher, Gary W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2000.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
United States - General.
Mythevorming.
Geschiedschrijving.
Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.
Historiography.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY.
United States > Confederate States of America.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession)
États confederes d'Amerique > Histoire.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Historiographie.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Confederate States of America > History.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Historiography.
Confederate States of America > Historiography.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The anatomy of the myth / Alan T. Nolan
  • Jubal A. Early, the lost cause, and Civil War history: a persistent legacy / Gary W. Gallagher
  • "Is our love for Wade Hampton foolishness?": South Carolina and the lost cause / Charles J. Holden
  • "These few gray-haired, battle-scarred veterans": Confederate Army reunions in Georgia, 1885-95 / Keith S. Bohannon
  • New South visionaries: Virginia's last generation of slaveholders, the gospel of progress, and the lost cause / Peter S. Carmichael
  • James Longstreet and the lost cause / Jeffry D. Wert
  • Continuous hammering and mere attrition: lost cause critics and the military reputation of Ulysses S. Grant / Brooks D. Simpson
  • "Let the people see the old life as it was": LaSalle Corbell Pickett and the myth of the lost cause / Lesley J. Gordon
  • The immortal Confederacy: another look at lost cause religion / Lloyd A. Hunter.

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