The new South, 1945-1980 / by Numan V. Bartley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartley, Numan V.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Series:

History of the South ; v. 11.

A history of the South ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Southern States--History--1951-.

Southern States.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 548 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1995.

Summary:

Almost three decades after publication of the tenth volume of A History of the South - George Brown Tindall's The Emergence of the New South, 1913-1945 - Numan V. Bartley now presents Volume XI: a masterly synthesis of the region's most complex years to date. From the close of World War II to the end of the seventies, the South underwent changes of such a radical nature and such tumultuous process - from rural orientation to urban, from segregated society to racially commingled, from poverty-saturated economy to positively booming Sunbelt - that the contrast between 1945 and 1980 almost defies cogent explanation. Bartley, however, meets that challenge, illuminating the intervening years both individually and collectively within one monumental work.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

0807120383

OCLC:

32548304