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Confederate symbols in the contemporary South / edited by J. Michael Martinez, William D. Richardson, and Ron McNinch-Su.
Record details
- ISBN: 0813017580 (acid-free paper)
- ISBN: 0813021006
- Physical Description: xv, 351 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2000.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: understanding the debate over Confederate symbols / J. Michael Martinez and William D. Richardson -- Southern political thought and the Southern political tradition / Robert C. Jeffrey -- Southern minorities, popular culture, and the Old South / George Schedler -- Southern politics in perspective / Robert P. Steed and Laurence W. Moreland -- The Confederate battle flag in historical perspective / John M. Coski -- Graves, worms, and epitaphs: Confederate monuments in the Southern landscape / J. Michael Martinez and Robert M. Harris -- Driving Dixie down: removing the Confederate flag from Southern state capitols / James Forman Jr. -- Confederate symbols, the courts, and the political question doctrine / J. Michael Martinez -- Traditionalist perspectives on Confederate symbols / J. Michael Martinez -- The great debate: White support for and Black opposition to the Confederate battle flag / Robert Holmes and M. Christine Cagle -- Traditionalists versus reconstructionists: the case of the Georgia state flag, part one / Ron McNinch-Su, William D. Richardson, and J. Michael Martinez -- Confederate symbols, Southern identity, and racial attitudes: the case of the Georgia state flag, part two / Beth Reingold and Richard S. Wike. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Community College Library | CR 113.5 .C59 2000 | 30531851 | General Collection | Available | - |
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Confederate Symbols in the Contemporary South
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The thoroughly documented essays in this book analyze the various meanings assigned to Confederate monuments and symbols since Appomattox. Editors Martinez (political science, Kennesaw State Univ.), William D. Richardson (political science, Univ. of South Dakota), and Ron McNinch-Su (public policy, Univ. of Guam) place special emphasis on the current debate over the public display of Confederate battle flag. The reader is led to the conclusion that the "Southern heritage" arguments of the proflag groups are ancillary to the racist connotations the St. Andrew's cross evokes. Readers looking for a more readable analysis of the persistent issues of the Civil War should turn to Tony Horowitz's Confederates in the Attic (LJ 2/1/98). Still, the scholarly tone of Confederate Symbols in the Contemporary South gives these thoughtful essays the authenticity that is truly needed in the emotionally charged debate over the Confederate flag. Recommended for public and academic libraries with Southern history collections.-Jim Doyle, Sarah High-tower Regional Lib., Rome, GA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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