It's how I remember being taught Civil War as a kid, too, early '80s southern Illinois. Slavery, sure, but state's rights & carpetbaggers.
@matthunte @levistahl It is odd: sympathy for Lost Cause came at same time as his empathetic exploration of Haitian lit & Iroquois culture
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@HeerJeet@levistahl (I'm thinking of the way that the Marxist revolutions could be seen as another Lost Cause.) -
@matthunte@levistahl Well, that's one reason why Eugene Genovese could shift so easily from Stalinism to admiring neo-Confederates. - Show replies
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