De Bow's Review [electronic resource] : The Antebellum Vision of a New South /
Kvach, John F.,1970-
In the decades preceding the Civil War, the South struggled against widespread negative characterizations of its economy and society as it worked to match the North's infrastructure and level of development. Recognizing the need for regional reform, James Dunwoody Brownson (J. D. B.) De Bow began to publish a monthly journal -- De Bow's Review -- to guide Southerners toward a stronger, more diversified future. His periodical soon became a primary reference for planters and entrepreneurs in the Old South, promoting urban development and industrialization and advocating investment in schools,
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In the decades preceding the Civil War, the South struggled against widespread negative characterizations of its economy and society as it worked to match the North's infrastructure and level of development. Recognizing the need for regional reform, James Dunwoody Brownson (J. D. B.) De Bow began to publish a monthly journal -- De Bow's Review -- to guide Southerners toward a stronger, more diversified future. His periodical soon became a primary reference for planters and entrepreneurs in the Old South, promoting urban development and industrialization and advocating investment in schools,
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : an old foundation for a new South -- Learning to be southern and American -- Leaving an old South, entering a new South -- A busy and fractured mind of the South -- Embracing southern anger and southern nationalism -- Reading and investing in De Bow's ideas -- War tests De Bow's theories and patience -- The reformulation of De Bow's old new South -- Appendix: The identified readership of De Bow's review.
Description based on print version record.
De Bow, J. D. B. (James Dunwoody Brownson), 1820-1867
De Bow, J. D. B. (James Dunwoody Brownson), 1820-1867.
De Bow's review (1853-1880)
Secession
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Nationalism