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Ghosts of the Confederacy: Defeat, the Lost Cause, and the Emergence of the New South 1865 to 1913 Foster, Gaines M. (Assistant Professor of History, Assistant Professor of History, Louisiana State University)
Ghosts of the Confederacy: Defeat, the Lost Cause, and the Emergence of the New South 1865 to 1913
Foster, Gaines M. (Assistant Professor of History, Assistant Professor of History, Louisiana State University)
Through an examination of memoirs, personal papers, and postwar Confederate rituals, this book explores how white southerners interpreted the Civil War, accepted defeat, and readily embraced reunion and a New South. It reveals that while the Lost Cause was a central force in shaping late 19th-century southern culture, the legacy of defeat ultimately had little impact on southern behavior.
318 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 16, 1989 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195054200 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 320 |
| Dimensions | 215 × 140 × 24 mm · 416 g |
| Language | English |