COLUMN: The Centennial, the Sesquicentennial, and the Lost Cause in American Society

Authors

Robert J. Cook

Abstract

Four years ago – how time flies – I contributed to a Civil War History roundtable looking ahead to the Sesquicentennial commemoration in the context of its ill-fated Centennial predecessor in the 1960s.¹ I predicted a well-intentioned but low-key ‘event’ that would be far more incl....

DOI

10.31390/cwbr.17.4.02

Recommended Citation

Cook, Robert J. (2015) "COLUMN: The Centennial, the Sesquicentennial, and the Lost Cause in American Society," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 17 : Iss. 4 .
DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.17.4.02
Available at: https://repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol17/iss4/2