Tennessee history : the land, the people, and the culture / edited by Carroll Van West.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

West, Carroll Van, 1955-

Tennessee Historical Society.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tennessee--History.

Tennessee.

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 469 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [1998]

Summary:

This volume presents a variety of fresh perspectives on the peoples, periods, and major events of Tennessee history. Featuring contributions by both established historians and rising young scholars, the twenty essays contained here explore new avenues of research and interpretation while considering the forces that have shaped society and culture in the Volunteer State over the past two hundred years.

As editor Carroll Van West points out, four major themes link the chapters in this collection. First, this is a "people's history" in which the contributions and interactions of the state's diverse groups -- from Native Americans to Civil War generals, from women to African Americans, from rural reformers to the three presidents who began their careers in Tennessee -- create a shared narrative. A second major theme concerns the ways in which economic change, both in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, has affected Tennessee politics. The interplay among reform, race, and class, especially in such twentieth-century movements as Progressivism and civil rights, forms a third theme among the essays. Finally, there is the theme of war and its social impact: this volume considers not only the momentous effects of the Civil War but those of the Second World War, particularly on the home front.

Drawn from the pages of the Tennessee Historical Quarterly, these essays offer a well-balanced look at the state's vibrant past. The book will prove an invaluable resource for teachers, students, researchers, and general readers.

Notes:

Articles previously published by the Tennessee Historical Society in Tennessee historical quarterly, 1992-1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1572330031

1572330007

OCLC:

37246263