South Through Time, The: A History of an American Region, Combined Edition

0.0

Incorporating the enormous amount of very sophisticated revisionist scholarship that has appeared over the past 25 years, this book provides a consistent, overall reinterpretation of southern history x97; pre-1607 to the end of the Civil War x97; offering a less fact-filled, more narrative and more interpretative approach that expands the concept of southern history both chronologically and geographically. Reflects the author's first-hand familiarity with the newest scholarship x97; as the editor of the Journal of Southern History and co-editor of a major study of southern historiography, Interpreting Southern History. Explains why things happened the way they did rather than just telling what happened. Tells more about the entire South x97; not just the eastern seaboard. Features better, more extensive coverage of Indians, blacks, and women than earlier histories of the South. Offers insights gained by what is now called a x93;gendered analysis.x94; Introduces and explores new research on topics such as slavery and women's history. For anyone interested in the history of the South or Southern civilization.