The Confederate Battle Flag

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Harvard University Press, Jun 30, 2009 - History - 448 pages
Pursuing the flag's conflicting meanings, Coski suggests how this provocative artifact, which has been viewed with pride, fear, anger, nostalgia, and disgust, might ultimately provide Americans with the common ground of a shared and complex history.

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Contents

Preface
vii
Emblem of a Separate and Independent Nation
2
The WarTorn Cross
28
Unfurl the Old Flag
45
A Harmless and Rather Amusing Gesture
78
The Shadow of States Rights
98
Keep Your Eyes on Those Confederate Flags
110
Symbol of the White Race and White Supremacy
132
The Bitterest Battleground
202
If They Talk about Diversity Theyre Gonna Get It
217
What We Stood For Will Stand For and Will Fight For
236
You Cant Erase History
272
The Second American Flag
292
Abbreviations
308
Notes
311
Index
381

The Perverted Banner
161
Vindication of the Cause
184

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About the author (2009)

John M. Coski is Historian and Library Director at The Museum of the Confederacy.

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