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Author Domby, Adam H., 1983- author.

Title The false cause : fraud, fabrication, and White supremacy in Confederate memory / Adam H. Domby
Published Charlottesville : The University of Virginia Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (258 pages)
Contents 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 War memory, 1901-1940 -- Playing the faithful slave: pensions for ex-slaves and free people of color, 1905-1951 -- The soldiers who weren't: how loyal slaves became "Black Confederates," 1910-2018 -- Why the lost cause still needs to lose
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 the evolution of Lost Cause myths to support present-day white supremacy. It adds to the understanding of the memory and reality of the American Civil War as American society debates historical monuments and sees the mainstream rise of emboldened white supremacist political groups"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 07, 2020)
Subject Soldiers' monuments -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Southern States
White supremacy movements -- United States -- History
HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Historiography
Race relations
White supremacy movements
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Monuments -- Moral and ethical aspects
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
United States -- Historiography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140129
Subject Southern States
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019024407
ISBN 9780813943770
0813943779