The myth of southern exceptionalism
By: edited by Matthew D. Lassiter and Joseph Crespino.
Contributors: Lassiter, Matthew D., 1970-; Crespino, Joseph.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780195384741; 9780195384758
Subjects: Regionalism -- Southern States -- Historiography; African Americans -- Segregation -- Historiography; Southern States -- Social conditions; Group identity -- Southern States; Southern States -- Historiography; United States -- Race relations -- Historiography
Description: "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 scholars and journalists continue to disagree over whether the modern South is dominating, deviating from, or converging with the rest of the nation. This collection asks how the stories of American history chance if the South is no longer seen as a region apart--as the conservative exception to a liberal nation."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.