Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
History
Date of Award
8-2007
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Melvin E. Page
Committee Members
William Douglas Burgess Jr., Tommy D. Lee II
Abstract
At the close of the American Civil War some southerners unwilling to remain in a reconstructed South, elected to immigrate to areas of Central and South America to reestablish a Southern antebellum lifestyle.
The influences of Manifest Destiny, expansionism, filibustering, and southern nationalism in the antebellum era directly influenced post-bellum expatriates to attempt colonization in Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Peru, and Brazil.
A comparison between the antebellum language of expansionists, southern nationalists, and the language of the expatriates will elucidate the connection to the pre-Civil War expansionist mindset that southern émigrés drew upon when attempting colonization in foreign lands.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Horton, Justin Garrett, "The Second Lost Cause: Post-National Confederate Imperialism in the Americas." (2007). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2025. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2025
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.