Through an examination of memoirs, personal papers, and postwar Confederate rituals, this book explores how white southerners adjusted to and interpreted their defeat, and analyses the cultural implications of a central event in American history. Foster argues that, contrary to southern folklore, southerners actually accepted their loss, rapidly embraced both reunion and a New South, and helped to foster sectional reconciliation and an emerging social order.
Reviews
This book, of interest to all students of southern history, is also noteworthy for its imaginative blending of cultural and social with political history. * History: Reviews of New Books *



Book Information
ISBN 9780195054200
Author Gaines M. Foster
Format Paperback
Page Count 316
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 346g
Dimensions(mm) 202mm * 134mm * 18mm