A Companion to the American South Hardcover - 2001 - 1st Edition

First line

HISTORIANS whose early modern America falls between Chesapeake and Massachusetts have been wont to characterize America Indians as hunters, essentially different from the English who came to settle the land and improve it, farmers replacing forest dwellers in a kind of species.

From the rear cover

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.

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• Choice, 06/01/2002, Page 1863