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Looks at the growth of the South from the English background of the 1607 settlement of Jamestown, to the political disintegration of the "solid South," to the economic transformation of the Sunbelt in the 1970s and 1980s
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- THE AMERICAN SOUTH : A HISTORY, is a comprehensive history of the South from colonial times to the present.
- Stresses the dynamics of the relationship between black and white Southerners that have shaped the southern experience for more than three centuries.
- Traces the evolution of the South as a rural and agricultural area to an increasingly urban and industrial one.
- Volume One: Covers the South from the first permanent settlement in Virginia in 1607 to the Civil War - Chapters 1-15.
- Volume Two: Concentrates on the monuments decades from the defeat of the southern Confederacy in 1865 to our time - Chapters 15-28.
- Based on the most current research available on the South.
- Completely rewritten for clarity.
- Biographical Essay - Revised and updated.
- Over 1/3 of the illustrations and photos in this edition have been changed.
- Expanded Treatment of Indians.
- New attention is focused on colonial Florida and Louisiana, including material on settlement, slavery, social and economic development, and the American Revolution in the Gulf region.
- Volume two has been updated to reflect the political changes of the 1990's.
- Expanded coverage of the Western part of the South, and the petroleum industry.
- Expanded discussion of music from jazz and the blues to country, gospel and rock.
- Other important topics significantly revised include: Women's Suffrage, The Great Textile Strike of 1934, the economic problems with cheap labor posed for the south, cattle ranching and the beef industry, tourism and the retirement industry.
- Vol I Chapters 1-15, and Vol II Chapters 15-28
- Stresses the dynamics of the relationship between black and white Southerners that have shaped the southern experience for more than three centuries.
- Traces the evolution of the South as a rural and agricultural area to an increasingly urban and industrial one.
- Volume One: Covers the South from the first permanent settlement in Virginia in 1607 to the Civil War - Chapters 1-15.
- Volume Two: Concentrates on the monuments decades from the defeat of the southern Confederacy in 1865 to our time - Chapters 15-28.
- Based on the most current research available on the South.
- Completely rewritten for clarity.
- Biographical Essay - Revised and updated.
- Over 1/3 of the illustrations and photos in this edition have been changed.
- Expanded Treatment of Indians.
- New attention is focused on colonial Florida and Louisiana, including material on settlement, slavery, social and economic development, and the American Revolution in the Gulf region.
- Volume two has been updated to reflect the political changes of the 1990's.
- Expanded coverage of the Western part of the South, and the petroleum industry.
- Expanded discussion of music from jazz and the blues to country, gospel and rock.
- Other important topics significantly revised include: Women's Suffrage, The Great Textile Strike of 1934, the economic problems with cheap labor posed for the south, cattle ranching and the beef industry, tourism and the retirement industry.
- Vol I Chapters 1-15, and Vol II Chapters 15-28
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- PublisherAlfred a Knopf Inc
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0394589483
- ISBN 13 9780394589480
- BindingHardcover
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