Interpreting American history. The new South / edited by James S. Humphreys.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Humphreys, James Scott, 1963- editor.

Series:

Interpreting American history series

Interpreting American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Woodward, C. Vann (Comer Vann), 1908-1999. Origins of the new South, 1877-1913.

Woodward, C. Vann.

Historiography.

Southern States--History--1865-1951.

Southern States.

History.

Southern States--Historiography.

Southern States--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xi, 340 pages ; 22 cm.

Other Title:

New South

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2018]

Summary:

"The concept of the "New South" has elicited fierce debate among historians since the mid-twentieth century. At the heart of the argument is the question of whether the post-Civil War South transformed itself into something genuinely new or simply held firm to patterns of life established before 1861. The South did change in significant ways after the Civil War ended, but many of its enduring trademarks, the most prominent being white supremacy, remained constant well into the twentieth century. Scholars have yet to meet the vexing challenge of proving or disproving the existence of a New South. Even in the twenty-first century, amid the South's sprawling cities, expanding suburbia, and high-tech environment, vestiges of the Old South remain"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

New south historiography / James S. Humphreys

Reconstruction along the global color line / Andrew Zimmerman

The historiography of southern populism / Connie L. Lester

Lynching and racial violence in the new south / Sarah L. Silkey

Women in the New South / Rebecca Montgomery

Historians and unions in the modern south / Robert H. Zieger

The Great Depression and the South / Stephanie A. Carpenter

Racial change and World War II in the New South / Jennifer E. Brooks

To redeem the soul of Dixie / Michael T. Bertrand

Realigning the base / Michael Bowen

The New South and the natural world / Mark D. Hersey and James C. Giesen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-317) and index.

ISBN:

9781606353158

1606353152

9781631013027

1631013025

OCLC:

1004576088