The Confederate battle flag : America's most embattled emblem /

In recent years, the Confederate flag has become as much a news item as a Civil War relic. Intense public debates have erupted over Confederate flags flying atop state capitols, being incorporated into state flags, waving from dormitory windows, or adorning the T-shirts and jeans of public school ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Coski, John M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
1861-1865
Flags > Confederate States of America.
Symbolism in politics > Southern States.
Symbolism in politics > United States.
Drapeaux > États confédérés d'Amérique.
Symbolisme en politique > États-Unis (Sud)
Symbolisme en politique > États-Unis.
REFERENCE > Genealogy & Heraldry.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Flags.
Symbolism in politics.
Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.
Vlaggen.
Symboliek.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Flags.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
Southern States.
United States.
United States > Confederate States of America.
Verenigde Staten.
Zuidelijke staten.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • I. Confederate flag. "Emblem of a separate and independent nation" ; "The war-torn cross" ; Unfurl the Old Flag" ; "A harmless and rather amusing gesture"
  • II. Rebel flag. "The shadow of states' rights" ; "Keep your eyes on those Confederate flags" ; "Symbol of the White race and White supremacy" ; "The perverted banner"
  • III. Flag wars. "Vindication of the cause" ; "The bitterest battleground" ; "If they talk about diversity, they're gonna get it" ; "What we stood for, will stand for, and will fight for" ; "You can't erase history"
  • Epilogue: The second American flag.

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