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The Enduring Lost Cause - Afterlives of a Redeemer Nation (Hardcover)
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The Enduring Lost Cause - Afterlives of a Redeemer Nation (Hardcover)
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Marking the fortieth anniversary of Charles Reagan Wilson's classic
Baptized in Blood: The Religion of the Lost Cause, 1865-1920, this
volume collects essays by such scholars as Carolyn ReneE Dupont,
Sandy Dwayne Martin, Keith Harper, and Wilson himself to show how
various aspects of the Lost Cause ideology persist into the
present. The Enduring Lost Cause examines the lasting legacy of a
belief system that sought to vindicate the antebellum South and the
Confederate fight to preserve it. Contributors treat such topics as
symbolism, the perpetuation of the Lost Cause in education, and the
effects of the Lost Cause on gender and religion, as well as
examining ways the ideology has changed over time.The twelve essays
gathered here help the reader understand the development of a
cultural phenomenon that affected generations of southerners and
northerners alike, arising out of the efforts of former
Confederates to make sense of their defeat, even at the expense of
often mythologizing it. From fresh looks at towering figures of the
Lost Cause (to reexamining the role of African Americans in
disseminating the ideology (in the form of a religious explanation
for suffering), the essayists carefully analyze the tensions
between the past and the present, true belief and
commercialization, continuity and change. Ultimately the narrative
of the Lost Cause persists worldwide, merging with American
exceptionalism to become a pillar of the conservative wing of US
politics, as well as a lasting cultural legacy. The Enduring Lost
Cause provides a window into this world, helping us to understand
the present in the context of the past.
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