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100			_aEsposito, Elena et al _943764
245			_aReconciliation narratives: The birth of a nation after the US civil war
260			_aThe American Economic Review
300			_a113(6), Jun, 2023: p.1461-1504
520			_aWe study how the spread of the Lost Cause narrative - a revisionist and racist retelling of the US Civil War - shifted opinions and behaviors toward national reunification and racial discrimination against African Americans. Looking at screenings of The Birth of a Nation, a blockbuster movie that greatly popularized the Lost Cause after 1915, we find that the film shifted the public discourse toward a more patriotic and less divisive language, increased military enlistment, and fostered cultural convergence between former enemies. We document how the racist content of the narrative connects to reconciliation through a "common-enemy" type of argument. – Reproduced
773			_aThe American Economic Review
906			_aCIVIL WAR - UNITED STATES
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