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A Companion to the American South
Boles
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Description for A Companion to the American South
Hardback. Surveys and evaluates the most important writing on American Southern history, including analyses of the various interpretive schools and a range of subjects and interpretations for every important era. Topics covered include slavery, politics, the Civil War and race relations. Editor(s): Boles, John B. Series: Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 536 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 265 x 188 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1174.
A Companion to the American South surveys and evaluates the most important and innovative writing on the entire sweep of the history of the southern United States.
- Contains 29 original essays by leading experts in American Southern history.
- Covers the entire sweep of Southern history, including slavery, politics, the Civil War, race relations, religion, and women's history.
- Surveys and evaluates the best scholarship on every important era and topic.
- Summarizes current debates and anticipates future concerns.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Companions to American History
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631213192
SKU
V9780631213192
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99-50
About Boles
John B. Boles is William Pettus Hobby Professor of History at Rice University and Managing Editor of the Journal of Southern History. His recent books include The Irony of Southern Religion (1994) and The South Through Time: A History of an American Region (second edition, 1999).
Reviews for A Companion to the American South
"Teachers and students of southern history alike will owe a great debt to John Boles for years to come. The essays in A Companion to the American South, written by scholars who are themselves at the cutting edge of the new southern historiography, cover every conceivable aspect of southern history. This volume will indeed be an indispensable companion to every ... Read more