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The Myth of Southern Exceptionalism
. Ed(S): Lassiter, Matthew; Crespino, Joseph
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paperback. Editor(s): Lassiter, Matthew; Crespino, Joseph. Num Pages: 360 pages, 28 black and white halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
More than one-third of the population of the United States now lives in the South, a region where politics, race relations, and the economy have changed dramatically since World War II. Yet historians and journalists continue to disagree over whether the modern South is dominating, deviating from, or converging with the rest of the nation. Has the time come to declare the end of southern history? And how do the stories of American history change if the South is no longer seen as a region apart--as the conservative counterpoint to a liberal national ideal? The Myth ... Read more
More than one-third of the population of the United States now lives in the South, a region where politics, race relations, and the economy have changed dramatically since World War II. Yet historians and journalists continue to disagree over whether the modern South is dominating, deviating from, or converging with the rest of the nation. Has the time come to declare the end of southern history? And how do the stories of American history change if the South is no longer seen as a region apart--as the conservative counterpoint to a liberal national ideal? The Myth ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195384758
SKU
V9780195384758
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About . Ed(S): Lassiter, Matthew; Crespino, Joseph
Matthew D. Lassiter is Associate Professor of History at the University of Michigan, and author of The Silent Majority: Suburban Politics in the Sunbelt South (Princeton University Press, 2006). Joseph Crespino is Associate Professor of History at Emory University, and author of Author in Search of Another Country: Mississippi and the Conservative Counterrevolution (Princeton University Press, ... Read more
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This is an interesting book...The volume is well crafted and well worth reading and considering seriously.
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