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by James W. Loewen (Editor); Edward H. Sebesta (Editor)


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Most Americans hold basic misconceptions about the Confederacy, the Civil War, and the actions of subsequent neo-Confederates. For example, two thirds of Americans--including most history teachers--think the Confederate States seceded for "states' rights." This error persists because most have never read the key documents about the Confederacy. These documents have always been there. When South Carolina seceded, it published "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union." The document actually opposes states' rights. Its authors argue that Northern states were ignoring the rights of slave owners as identified by Congress and in the Constitution. Similarly, Mississippi's "Declaration of the Immediate Causes. . ." says, "Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery--the greatest material interest of the world." Later documents in this collection show how neo-Confederates obfuscated this truth, starting around 1890. The evidence also points to the centrality of race in neo-Confederate thought even today and to the continuing importance of neo-Confederate ideas in American political life. The 150th anniversary of secession and civil war provides a moment for all Americans to read these documents, properly set in context by award-winning sociologist and historian James W. Loewen and coeditor, Edward H. Sebesta, to put in perspective the mythology of the Old South.

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  • Title Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader: The "Great Truth" about the "Lost Cause"
  • Author James W. Loewen (Editor); Edward H. Sebesta (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of Mississippi
  • Date 2010-07-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9781604732191 / 1604732199
  • Weight 1.46 lbs (0.66 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.08 x 6.08 x 1.31 in (23.06 x 15.44 x 3.33 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Historical
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Topical: Civil War
  • Library of Congress subjects Confederate States of America, United States - History - Civil War,
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010008340
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.713

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About the author

James W. Loewen (1942-2021) was author of Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong, Teaching What Really Happened: How to Avoid the Tyranny of Textbooks and Get Students Excited About Doing History, Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, and Mississippi: Conflict and Change. He was also professor emeritus at the University of Vermont. Edward H. Sebesta is coeditor of Neo-Confederacy: A Critical Introduction. He was awarded the "Spirit of Freedom" Medal of Honor by the African American Civil War Museum Freedom Foundation for outstanding service to educate and facilitate awareness of the African American Civil War experience.
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