The new South /
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 b...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Kent, Ohio :
Kent State University Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Interpreting American history series.
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 340 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-317) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781606353158 1606353152 9781631013027 1631013025 |