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Brown Decision, Jim Crow, and Southern Identity
The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling was a watershed event in the fight against racial segregation in the United States. The recent fiftieth anniversary of Brown prompted a …
Georgia Odyssey
A survey of Georgia history, from British colony to international business mecca, from Jim Crow to Jimmy Carter, from ""Gone with the Wind"" to the centennial Olympic Games. The …
Industrialization and Southern Society, 1877-1984
In the 1880s, Southern boosters saw the growth of industry as the only means of escaping the poverty that engulfed the postbellum South. In the long run, however, as James C. Cobb …
New Deal/New South
The twelve essays in this book, some published for the first time, represent some of Tony Badger's best work in his ongoing examination of how white liberal southern politicians …
The Mississippi Delta and the World
No one knew the Mississippi Delta more intimately or told its story more eloquently than did David L. Cohn (1894-1960). Between 1935 and 1960 he produced ten books including his …
The Most Southern Place on Earth
A comprehensive history of the deep South - the bottomlands between Memphis and Vicksburg, lined by the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers - from the first white settlement in the 1820s …
Away Down South
From the seventeenth century Cavaliers and Uncle Tom's Cabin to Civil Rights museums and today's conflicts over the Confederate flag, here is a brilliant portrait of southern …
C. Vann Woodward
With an epic career that spanned two-thirds of the twentieth century, C. Vann Woodward (19081999) was a historian of singular importance. A brilliant writer, his work captivated …
Georgia Odyssey
Georgia Odyssey is a lively survey of the state's history, from its beginnings as a European colony to its current standing as an international business mecca, from the …
The South and America since World WarII
In this superb volume, James C. Cobb provides the first truly comprehensive history of the South since World War II, brilliantly capturing an era of dramatic change, both in the …
Redefining Southern Culture
From the creation of the first “New South” in the wake of Appomattox to the current struggles over the Confederate flag, Redefining Southern Culture surveys the remarkable story of …
Away Down South
From the seventeenth century Cavaliers and Uncle Tom's Cabin to Civil Rights museums and today's conflicts over the Confederate flag, here is a brilliant portrait of southern …