Cavalier and Yankee: the Old South and American Character by William R. Taylor.

Cavalier and Yankee: the Old South and American Character by William R. Taylor. Oxford University Press, 1993.

Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. 4 volumes. Edited by Charles Reagan Wilson and William Ferris.

Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. 4 volumes. Edited by Charles Reagan Wilson and William Ferris. Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1991 (originally published by UNC press, 1989) Sponsored by U Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture. Big topics like "Art and Architecture" or "Environment" with lots of small essays on the sub-topics.

Ghosts of the Confederacy: Defeat, the Lost Cause, and the Emergence of the New South by Gaines M. Foster

Ghosts of the Confederacy: Defeat, the Lost Cause, and the Emergence of the New South by Gaines M. Foster Oxford University press, 1987. Confederate memory morphing over the decades. Very useful background for my dissertation.

Baptized in Blood: the religion of the Lost Cause 1865-1920. by Charles Reagan Wilson.

Baptized in Blood: the Religion of the Lost Cause 1865-1920. by Charles Reagan Wilson. University of Georgia Press, 1980. Confederate symbolism + Christian symbols = an entrenched Confederate identity. Very useful for the dissertation.

The Marble Man: Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society. by Thomas L. Connelly.

The Marble Man: Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society. by Thomas L. Connelly. Louisiana State University press, 1977. How his image was created and how it has shifted. Very useful for the dissertation.

In the House of the Hangman: The Agonies of German Defeat, 1943-1949. by Jeffrey K. Olick.

In the House of the Hangman: The Agonies of German Defeat, 1943-1949. by Jeffrey K. Olick. University of Chicago press, 2005.

War and remembrance in the Twentieth Century. Edited by Jay Winter and Emmanuel Sivan.

War and Remembrance in the Twentieth Century. Edited by Jay Winter and Emmanuel Sivan. Cambridge University Press, 2000.