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BL
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980332
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b734702
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Bernath, Michael T.
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| Title & Author
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Confederate minds : : the struggle for intellectual independence in the Civil War South /\ Michael T. Bernath.
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| Publication Statement
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Chapel Hill :: University of North Carolina Press,, ©2010.
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| Series Statement
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Civil War America
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1 online resource (xii, 412 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0807833916
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: 0807895652
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: 1469603950
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: 9780807833919
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: 9780807895658
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: 9781469603957
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9780807833919
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9781469607283
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-398) and index.
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| Contents
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An intellectual call to arms -- The Confederate critique of northern culture -- The birth of Confederate literature -- The campaign for Confederate educational independence -- The high-water mark -- Searching for a Confederate "literature of power" -- Are we a highly civilized people? -- Conclusion: independent in nothing, neutral in everything.
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During the Civil War, some Confederates sought to prove the distinctiveness of the Southern people and to legitimate their desire for a separate national existence through the creation of a uniquely Southern literature and culture. Michael Bernath follows the activities of a group of Southern writers, thinkers, editors, publishers, educators, and ministers--whom he labels Confederate cultural nationalists--in order to trace the rise and fall of a cultural movement dedicated to liberating the South from its longtime dependence on Northern books, periodicals, and teachers. Bernath makes provocat.
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American literature-- Southern States-- History and criticism.
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Group identity-- Southern States-- History-- 19th century.
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Regionalism-- Southern States-- History-- 19th century.
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American literature.
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Civilization.
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Group identity.
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HISTORY-- United States-- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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HISTORY.
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Intellectual life.
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Regionalism.
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Social aspects.
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Confederate States of America, Intellectual life.
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Southern States, Civilization, 19th century.
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Southern States, Intellectual life, 19th century.
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United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects.
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Southern States.
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United States, Confederate States of America.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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973.7/13
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| LC Classification
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F214.B47 2010eb
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