Ghosts of the confederacy : defeat, the lost cause, and the emergence of the new South, 1865 to 1913
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Ghosts of the confederacy : defeat, the lost cause, and the emergence of the new South, 1865 to 1913
Oxford University Press, 1988
- : pbk.
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"First published in 1985 by Oxford University Press ... First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1988" -- t. p. verso
Bibliography: p. 276-298
Includes index
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Through an examination of memoirs, personal papers, and postwar Confederate rituals, this book explores how white southerners adjusted to and interpreted their defeat, and analyses the cultural implications of a central event in American history. Foster argues that, contrary to southern folklore, southerners actually accepted their loss, rapidly embraced both reunion and a New South, and helped to foster sectional reconciliation and an emerging social
order.
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