02257nam a2200421 a 4500 ebr10527747 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110831s2012 alu sb 001 0 eng d 2011036633 9780817317522 (trade cloth alk. paper) 9780817385811 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)785776361 n-usu-- n-us--- F209 .T69 2012eb 973.7/13 23 Towns, W. Stuart, 1939- Enduring legacy [electronic resource] : rhetoric and ritual of the lost cause / W. Stuart Towns. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2012. xvii, 190 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Rhetoric, celebration, and ritual: building a collective memory in the postwar South -- Remembering the Confederacy: ceremony in the postwar South, 1865-1920s -- The road to secession and war: the oratorical defense of the Confederacy and the Old South -- Creating the myths of the war: martyrs and scapegoats of the Confederacy -- Creating the myths of Reconstruction, redemption, reconciliation, and the new and future South: the rest of the story -- The persistence of a myth: the lost cause in the modern South. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Group identity Southern States. Speeches, addresses, etc., American Southern States History and criticism. English language Southern States Rhetoric. Memory Social aspects Southern States. Oratory Southern States History. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Influence. Southern States Civilization. Confederate States of America History. Southern States Languages History. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10527747 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 145764 145764