The American South (Paperback)

Daniel Letwin

ISBN 10: 0748619976 / ISBN 13: 9780748619979

Published by Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2012

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Paperback. The South has long stood as one of the more absorbing areas of the American experience. What sets the South apart, and what has it meant to be a 'southerner'? How have the commonalities of southern life weighed against persisting divisions of gender, race, class, and locality? How has the telling of the region's history reflected, or at times affected, the course of contemporary southern society? For generations, students of the nation's past have been drawn to the region's distinctive, often paradoxical qualities - to its elusive blend of gentility and coarseness, hardship and endurance, hierarchy and rebellion, division and interdependency. In few settings have the stakes of historical interpretation been greater - or the rendering of the past, more hotly contested - than in the American South. The American South: A Reader and Guide represents the first single volume devoted wholly to the sampling and analysis of leading scholarship in southern history, from the region's colonial beginnings to the present. Drawing together essential works in the field - selected and introduced by a roster of cutting-edge scholars - The American South illuminates not only key themes in southern history itself, but also lively debates over how that history should be understood. Comprised of fifteen dynamic chapters, The American South will be of interest to undergraduates, graduate students, and the general reader. Key Features*Organised chronologically to allow readers to trace the history of the American South from colonial times to the present*Each chapter addresses a key theme or period in southern history*Each chapter includes 3 or 4 key readings offering a mix of classic and recent contributions*The substantial introductory essay in each chapter surveys the central issues and developments A 'two-in-one' introduction to the American South, from its colonial beginnings to the present, combining guides to the key areas and themes with extracts from primary and secondary texts. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The American South (Paperback)
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748619976
• ISBN 13: 9780748619979
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This one-stop introduction to the American South brings together key readings in southern history, from the region's colonial beginnings to the present. Drawing together essential works in the field - selected and introduced by a range of cutting-edge scholars - The American South is the ideal textbook for undergraduates and graduate students in American Studies and History.
Explores key themes in southern history:
the South from colonial beginnings through the American Revolution the origins and evolving character of American slaverylife in the antebellum South o the roots, course and consequences of the American Civil War emancipation, Reconstruction and the coming of the New South the rise, nature and ultimate defeat of southern segregation the inter-dynamics of race, class and gender in the cultural and material development of the region current trends of the American South within a global context
Key Features
A 'two-in-one' introduction to the American South, from its colonial beginnings to the present 15 chapters organised chronologically allow readers to trace the history of the American South Each chapter includes a substantial introductory essay surveying the central issues and developments, followed by 3 or 4 key readings offering a mix of classic and recent contributions

About the Author

Daniel Letwin is associate professor of history at Penn State University, where he specializes in labor, race relations, and the American South. He is author of The Challenge of Interracial Unionism: Alabama Coal Miners, 1878-1921. His current research explores the nettlesome issue of "social equality" in African-American thought during the Jim Crow era.