The Confederate and neo-Confederate reader [electronic resource] : the "great truth" about the "lost cause" / edited by James W. Loewen and Edward H. Sebesta.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Loewen, James W.

Sebesta, Edward H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History.

United States.

Confederate States of America--Sources.

Confederate States of America.

Southern States--History--19th century--Sources.

Southern States.

Southern States--History--20th century--Sources.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes--Sources.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Influence--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (660 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson, Miss. : University Press of Mississippi, c2010.

Summary:

Most Americans hold basic misconceptions about the Confederacy, the Civil War, and the actions of subsequent neo-Confederates. For example, two thirds of Americans--including most history teachers--think the Confederate States seceded for ""states' rights."" This error persists because most have never read the key documents about the Confederacy. These documents have always been there. When South Carolina seceded, it published ""Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union."" The document actually opposes states' rights. It

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 The Gathering Storm (1787-1860); CHAPTER 2 Secession (1859-1861); CHAPTER 3 Civil War (1861-1865); CHAPTER 4 Reconstruction and Fusion (1866-1890); CHAPTER 5 The Nadir of Race Relations, 1890-1940; CHAPTER 6 The Civil Rights Era, 1940-; Concluding Words; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-82132-6

9786612821325

1-60473-788-3

OCLC:

671655130