In this Book
- Confederate Minds: The Struggle for Intellectual Independence in the Civil War South
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
- Series: Civil War America
summary
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. By analyzing the motives driving the struggle for Confederate intellectual independence, by charting its wartime accomplishments, and by assessing its failures, Bernath makes provocative arguments about the nature of Confederate nationalism, life within the Confederacy, and the perception of southern cultural distinctiveness.
Table of Contents
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- Illustrations
- p. ix
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xiii
- INTRODUCTION
- pp. 1-10
- PART I: NOW Is the Time
- PART II: We, as a Nation, Spring into Existence: 1861–1862
- PART III: A Stride without Parallel in the Progress of National Intellect: 1862–1864
- CHAPTER FIVE: The High-Water Mark
- pp. 151-210
- PART IV: Are We a Highly Civilized People?: 1864–1865
- Bibliography
- pp. 353-398
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469603957
Related ISBN(s)
9780807833919, 9780807895658, 9781469607283
MARC Record
OCLC
966814077
Pages
432
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No