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

text The false cause : fraud, fabrication, and white supremacy in Confederate memory

Summary
"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 ... Read more
Contents
Introduction -- 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 W... Read more
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258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher
University of Virginia Press 2020

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 320.56 DOM in Adult Non-fiction Available

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