word, a proposed word defined asyce, who uoyou did. >> we are also talking about the aftermath of the war, which gets different reconstructions. southerners do to prepare? >> creating a myth. >> a sort of story. of society, this lost cause myth. elements.ythic remember >> what are they reconstructing? their culture. >> their culture, as they see it. so, why did they lose the war? according to the story that is being crafted? why did the confederacy lose? >> overwhelming forces. >> overwhelming forces, overwhelming numbers, did not have a chance. it's a plantation ideal. where -- radise now you are thinking, oh my goodness, this goes from the 1880's and it is still alive and relevant. in some places, it is still taught. whyh is one of the reasons we are inherent talking about this kind of stuff, because it helps us with a history of that story and where it goes. technologyause meant builds something that was pure and ideal, and that they never could have one, and buffer principles and not interest us. ladies were ladies, angina men were jenna men, and what about slaves? >> paternalism