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Author:

Bernath, Michael T.

Title:

Confederate minds : the struggle for intellectual independence in the Civil War South / Michael T. Bernath.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xiii, 412 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Southern States--Intellectual life--19th century.
Confederate States of America--Intellectual life.
Southern States--Civilization--19th century.
American literature--Southern States--History and criticism.
Regionalism--Southern States--History--19th century.
Group identity--Southern States--History--19th century.
United States--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-398) and index.

Contents:

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.

Series:

Civil War America

ISBN:

0807833916 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807833919 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)441211486

LCCN:

2009052889

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)