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"The book's contribution therefore lies in its focus on certain bodies of texts that both reflected and contributed to the growth of a Confederate nationalist discourse. Thus Confederate Visions proves that despite the wealth of new studies on Confederate nationalism, a focused study of print culture can still yield important insight that add nuance and subtlety to the debate on the essence of the Southern bid for Independence. Confederate Visions focuses on symbols and myths to get at deeper questions of American culture, and the result is a book that will broaden our understanding of Confederate nationalism. --James McPherson, Princeton University, author of Is Blood Thicker than Water? Crises of Nationalism in the Modern World Nations are 'imagined communities' based on 'invented traditions, ' we are told. Few have explained just how the South sought to create its imagined community, or dissected the traditions it borrowed, with more skill and verve than Ian Binnington in this fresh new book that takes us to the very heart of the South's daring project--the creation of a new nation in the mind of the South. --Don H. Doyle, McCausland Professor of History, University of South Carolina ""A focused study of print culture [which] . . . yields important insights that add nuance and subtlety to the debate on the essence of the Southern bid for independence.""--The Journal of American History"

"A focused study of print culture [which] . . . yields important insights that add nuance and subtlety to the debate on the essence of the Southern bid for independence.""—The Journal of American History ""Confederate Visions focuses on symbols and myths to get at deeper questions of American culture, and the result is a book that will broaden our understanding of Confederate nationalism. - James McPherson, Princeton University, author of Is Blood Thicker than Water? Crises of Nationalism in the Modern World ""Nations are 'imagined communities' based on 'invented traditions,' we are told. Few have explained just how the South sought to create its imagined community, or dissected the traditions it borrowed, with more skill and verve than Ian Binnington in this fresh new book that takes us to the very heart of the South's daring project—the creation of a new nation in the mind of the South."" - Don H. Doyle, McCausland Professor of History, University of South Carolina"

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Ian Binnington is Associate Professor of History at Allegheny College.

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