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| Genre/Form: | Textbooks |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
William J Cooper; Tom E Terrill |
| ISBN: | 9780742560949 0742560945 9780742560956 0742560953 9780742560970 074256097X 0742560988 9780742560987 |
| OCLC Number: | 227328018 |
| Description: | v. <1-2> : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Prologue: The Enduring South Map Essay: The Geography of the Civil War Chapter 15: The Confederate Experience Chapter 16: After the War Chapter 17: Economic Reconstruction, 1865-1880 Chapter 18: The Redeemers and the New South, 1865-1890 Chapter 19: A Different South Emerges: Rails, Mills, and Towns Chapter 20: The South and the Crisis of the 1890s Chapter 21: Jim Crow: Black and White South Chapter 22: Southern Progressives Chapter 23: Restoration and Exile, 1912-1929 Chapter 24: Religion and Culture in the New South Map Essay: The Changing South: People and Cotton Chapter 25: The Emergence of the Modern South, 1930-1945 Chapter 26: The End of Jim Crow: The Civil Rights Revolution Chapter 27: The Modern South Chapter 28: The Sunbelt South: No Eden in Dixie Biographies Bibliographic Essay |
| Responsibility: | William J. Cooper, Jr. and Thomas E. Terrill. |
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As the first full textbook on the region's history, Cooper and Terrill's The American South has long been a staple in undergraduate classrooms, and for good reason. This comprehensive, but concise, history by distinguished scholars of the Old and New South, respectively, serves both students and instructors as an effective introduction and a ready reference. In chronicling the South's distinctive history, the authors are constantly attuned to the fact that its history has always integral to that of the nation as a whole; their ability to so adeptly balance the particular with the general makes this an engaging and eminently teachable narrative. -- John C. Inscoe, University of Georgia Combining original analysis with an impressive grasp of relevant scholarship, The American South: A History is distinguished by its wealth of fascinating information and its strong narrative style. It is the kind of book that students want to keep when the course is finished. -- Clarence L. Mohr, University of South Alabama Read more...
