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

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 Cau...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Falck, Susan T. (Author)
Format:	Book
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.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Natchez pilgrimages
Forging new identities in a world gone mad
Memory making on parade: African American historical identity in Reconstruction-era Natchez
a taste for associations: reconstructing white identities in postwar Natchez
Picture makers: black and white historical memory in postbellum Natchez
Selling historic Natchez to depression-era pilgrims
The battle of the hoopskirts: the ladies go to court
Epilogue: Natchez today: where more than the old south still lives
Guide to historic Natchez homes
Notes
Bibliography
Index.