A Companion to the American South

Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext 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. Twenty-nine essays from leading experts in the field analyze the various interpretive schools, briefly summarize the positions and approaches of the seminal books, and suggest the range of subjects and interpretations for every important era in southern history. The coverage includes topics such as slavery, politics, the Civil War and Reconstruction, race relations, the civil rights movement, southern religion, and women's history. Each chapter includes a select bibliography as a convenient reference to encourage further reading. Intended for students, scholars, and general readers of U.S. southern history, this timely book is a primer to this exciting body of work and will guide research for years to come. Zusammenfassung 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.

Autorentext
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).

Klappentext
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. Twenty-nine essays from leading experts in the field analyze the various interpretive schools, briefly summarize the positions and approaches of the seminal books, and suggest the range of subjects and interpretations for every important era in southern history. The coverage includes topics such as slavery, politics, the Civil War and Reconstruction, race relations, the civil rights movement, southern religion, and women's history. Each chapter includes a select bibliography as a convenient reference to encourage further reading.
Intended for students, scholars, and general readers of U.S. southern history, this timely book is a primer to this exciting body of work and will guide research for years to come.

Zusammenfassung
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.

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