The Creation of Confederate Nationalism: Ideology and Identity in the Civil War South

by Drew Gilpin Faust

Book Overview

For decades, historians have debated the meaning and significance of Confederate nationalism and the role it played in the outcome of the Civil War. Yet they have paid little attention to the actual development and content of this Confederate ideology. In The Creation of Confederate Nationalism, Drew Gilpin Faust argues that coming to a fuller understanding of southern thought during the Civil War period offers a valuable refraction of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807116068
• ISBN13: 9780807116067
• Release Date: December 1989
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"