The South Through Time
A History of an American Region, Volume I
3rd Edition
Published on 18. February 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-13-183548-1 (ISBN)
Description
A core text for one or two-semester, upper-level courses in the History of the South, Southern Civilization, and Southern History; also useful as a supplementary text for U.S. History courses or specialized courses in Southern History, such as Race and Violence in Southern History, Women in Southern History, courses in Southern Literature, or African American Studies.
This text offers a highly analytical, gracefully written narrative of the entire sweep of southern history, from the first settlement by Native Americans to the present. Comprehensive, interpretive, and inclusive, with much attention given to politics, society, economics, culture, religion, women, and African Americans, it offers a discussion of regional variation within the South and broadens its coverage beyond the traditional emphasis on the Atlantic seaboard states. The South Through Time is the most up-to-date, analytical, and stylishly written history of the region available on the market. New edition features recent scholarship, several new examples, updated coverage through 2002 Elections and updated Readings.
This text offers a highly analytical, gracefully written narrative of the entire sweep of southern history, from the first settlement by Native Americans to the present. Comprehensive, interpretive, and inclusive, with much attention given to politics, society, economics, culture, religion, women, and African Americans, it offers a discussion of regional variation within the South and broadens its coverage beyond the traditional emphasis on the Atlantic seaboard states. The South Through Time is the most up-to-date, analytical, and stylishly written history of the region available on the market. New edition features recent scholarship, several new examples, updated coverage through 2002 Elections and updated Readings.
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10/1998
2nd Edition
Pearson
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Content
(NOTE: Each volume ends with a section titled "A Guide to Further Reading.")Volume II. THE SOUTHERN COLONIES.
1. A Continent Invaded.
2. A Tragedy in the Making.
3. Beyond the Chesapeake.
4. Colonial Societies.
II. THE NATIONAL SOUTH.
5. International Entanglements.
6. An Uneasy Peace.
7. A War on Three Fronts.
8. Southerners as Nation Builders.
9. Land, Cotton, and Religion.
10. Nationalism Triumphant and Threatened.
III. THE SOUTHERN NATION.
11. An Agricultural Economy.
12. Diversity in the Old South.
13. Beyond the White Patriarchy.
14. The Southern Way of Life.
15. The Seeds of Conflict.
16. The Intractability of the Slavery Issue.
17. And the War Came.
18. War So Terrible.
19. The Cause Lost.
Index.
Volume IIIV. THE COLONIAL SOUTH.
20. The Locus of Reconstruction.
21. Getting On With Life.
22. The Economic Tragedy of Reconstruction.
23. Old Verities Challenged.
24. Change With a Southern Accent.
25. Poverty and Race.
26. Cultural Riches in the Midst of Poverty.
27. New Directions in Southern Politics.
V. THE AMERICAN SOUTH.
28. The Dawning of a New South.
29. The Civil Rights Movement.
30. The Rise of the Republican Party.
31. Southern Democrats and the Nation.
32. Forever Southern.
1. A Continent Invaded.
2. A Tragedy in the Making.
3. Beyond the Chesapeake.
4. Colonial Societies.
II. THE NATIONAL SOUTH.
5. International Entanglements.
6. An Uneasy Peace.
7. A War on Three Fronts.
8. Southerners as Nation Builders.
9. Land, Cotton, and Religion.
10. Nationalism Triumphant and Threatened.
III. THE SOUTHERN NATION.
11. An Agricultural Economy.
12. Diversity in the Old South.
13. Beyond the White Patriarchy.
14. The Southern Way of Life.
15. The Seeds of Conflict.
16. The Intractability of the Slavery Issue.
17. And the War Came.
18. War So Terrible.
19. The Cause Lost.
Index.
Volume IIIV. THE COLONIAL SOUTH.
20. The Locus of Reconstruction.
21. Getting On With Life.
22. The Economic Tragedy of Reconstruction.
23. Old Verities Challenged.
24. Change With a Southern Accent.
25. Poverty and Race.
26. Cultural Riches in the Midst of Poverty.
27. New Directions in Southern Politics.
V. THE AMERICAN SOUTH.
28. The Dawning of a New South.
29. The Civil Rights Movement.
30. The Rise of the Republican Party.
31. Southern Democrats and the Nation.
32. Forever Southern.