Damn Yankees! : demonization & defiance in the Confederate South
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Author
Published
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2015].
Format
Book
ISBN
9780807160589, 080716058X
Physical Desc
201 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Published
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2015].
Language
English
ISBN
9780807160589, 080716058X
Notes
General Note
"Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History, Louisiana State University."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"During the Civil War, southerners produced a vast body of writing about their northern foes, painting a picture of a money-grubbing, puritanical, and infidel enemy. Damn Yankees! explores the proliferation of this rhetoric and demonstrates how the perpetual vilification of northerners became a weapon during the war, fostering hatred and resistance among the people of the Confederacy. Drawing from speeches, cartoons, editorials, letters, and diaries, Damn Yankees! examines common themes in southern excoriation of the enemy. In sharp contrast to the presumed southern ideals of chivalry and honor, Confederates claimed that Yankees were rootless vagabonds who placed profit ahead of fidelity to religious and social traditions. Pervasive criticism of northerners created a framework for understanding their behavior during the war. When the Confederacy prevailed on the field of battle, it confirmed the Yankees' reputed physical and moral weakness. When the Yankees achieved military success, reports of depravity against vanquished foes abounded, stiffening the resolve of Confederate soldiers and civilians alike to protect their homeland and the sanctity of their women from Union degeneracy."--Publisher's Web site.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Rable, G. C. (2015). Damn Yankees!: demonization & defiance in the Confederate South . Louisiana State University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rable, George C. 2015. Damn Yankees!: Demonization & Defiance in the Confederate South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rable, George C. Damn Yankees!: Demonization & Defiance in the Confederate South Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rable, George C. Damn Yankees!: Demonization & Defiance in the Confederate South Louisiana State University Press, 2015.
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