Southern Nationalism on the Landscape: County Names in Former Confederate States

Southern Nationalism on the Landscape: County Names in Former Confederate States

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Abstract The Confederate period and celebration of 2000 bmw 528i front bumper the Lost Cause are significant sources of county names in eleven of the former Confederate states.Since 1861, counties in these eleven states have been named for Confederate soldiers and prominent antebellum and Confederate politicians.Among these states, important differences in the frequency of ds durga hand soap choosing Southern nationalist names for counties are apparent.

These findings partially explain the lack of mainstream American nationalism on the landscape of states in the Deep South.