Remembering Dixie : the battle to control historical memory in Natchez, Mississippi, 1865-1941 / Susan T. Falck.

"Nearly seventy years after the Civil War, Natchez, Mississippi, sold itself to Depression-era tourists as a place 'Where the Old South Still Lives.' Tourists flocked to view the town's decaying antebellum mansions, hoop-skirted hostesses, and a pageant saturated in sentimental Lost Cause imagery. I...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Falck, Susan T. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2019]
Subjects:
African Americans > Mississippi > Natchez > History.
Natchez (Miss.) > History.
Natchez (Miss.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Natchez (Miss.) > Social life and customs.
Natchez (Miss.) > Social conditions.
Natchez (Miss.) > Economic conditions.
Natchez (Miss.) > Race relations.
African Americans.
Economic history.
Manners and customs.
Race relations.
Social conditions.
Mississippi > Natchez.
1861-1865
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xii, 359 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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