Trump's Lost Cause Appeal: Can Cultural Victory Follow Political Defeat?
by Paul J. Croce Paul J. Croce is Professor of History and Director of American Studies at Stetson University, author of Young William James Thinking (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018), and recent past president of the William James Society. He writes for the Public Classroom and his recent essays have appeared in Civil American, History News Network, the Huffington Post, Origins, Public Seminar, and the Washington Post. "The Lost Cause," Henry Mosler, 1868. Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, South Carolina (Public Domain) President Donald Trump has answered speculation about wha...
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