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The Lost Cause Triumphant: Politics and Culture in the Construction of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1890-1928

Morrow, Joshua Aaron
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1681414111510142

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2023, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, History.
This dissertation focuses on the development of the Lost Cause mythology in North Carolina between the 1880s to the 1920s. The Lost Cause is a racist and inaccurate view of the Civil War years promoted by Neo-Confederate Southerners. This dissertation argues that the Lost Cause developed primarily through the efforts of Neo-Confederate organizations like the United Daughters of the Confederacy. These individuals built a compound-public space that united grassroots movements with official governmental figures to promote the Lost Cause mythology. The formation of this compound-public space and its impact on the Lost Cause provided the necessary cultural support for the development of a Democratic-backed white supremacist campaign in North Carolina in 1898 conducted to reduce the political power of Republicans and African Americans, and to re-establish Democratic hegemony. This dissertation explores the ways in which Neo-Confederates constructed the compound-public space including: the role of politics, gender, religion, education, the media, and Confederate monuments with the express goal of increasing the political power of the Democratic Party.
Joan Cashin (Advisor)
John Brooke (Advisor)
Stephanie Shaw (Committee Member)
Paula Baker (Committee Member)
292 p.
American History; Black History; Education History; Gender; Gender Studies; History; Journalism; Mass Media; Modern History; Religion; Religious History; Teacher Education; Womens Studies
History; Confederate States of America; Confederacy; Lost Cause; United Daughters of the Confederacy; Monuments; Confederate Veteran; Women's Activism; Progressive Era; New South; North Carolina; Religion; Media; Education; Memory; African American; Wilmington Massacre; Race; Culture; Catechism; Women; Politics; Populism; Democratic; Republican

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  • Morrow, J. A. (2023). The Lost Cause Triumphant: Politics and Culture in the Construction of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1890-1928 [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1681414111510142

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Morrow, Joshua. The Lost Cause Triumphant: Politics and Culture in the Construction of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1890-1928. 2023. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1681414111510142.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Morrow, Joshua. "The Lost Cause Triumphant: Politics and Culture in the Construction of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1890-1928." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1681414111510142

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