A Companion to the American South

Copyright © Blackwell Publishers Ltd 2002

A Companion to the American South

Editor(s): John B. Boles

Published Online: 30 NOV 2007

Print ISBN: 9780631213192

Online ISBN: 9780470996300

DOI: 10.1002/9780470996300

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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.


  • Contains 29 original essays by leading experts in American Southern history.
  • Covers the entire sweep of Southern history, including slavery, politics, the Civil War, race relations, religion, and women's history.
  • Surveys and evaluates the best scholarship on every important era and topic.
  • Summarizes current debates and anticipates future concerns.

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xii)

  2. Part I: The Colonial South

    1. Chapter 1

      The First Southerners (pages 1–23)

      Amy Turner Bushnell

    2. Chapter 2

      Spanish and French Exploration and Colonization (pages 24–37)

      Paul E. Hoffman

    3. Chapter 3

      The English Colonial South to 1750 (pages 38–53)

      Cynthia A. Kierner

    4. Chapter 4

      The Origins of Slavery, 1619–1808 (pages 54–68)

      Betty Wood

    5. Chapter 5

      Understanding the South in the Revolutionary Era, 1750–1789 (pages 69–82)

      Ira D. Gruber

  3. Part II: The Antebellum South

    1. Chapter 6

      The South in the New Nation, 1790–1824 (pages 83–102)

      Daniel S. Dupre

    2. Chapter 7

      The Plantation Economy (pages 103–117)

      Mark M. Smith

    3. Chapter 8

      The Maturation of Slave Society and Culture (pages 118–138)

      Stephanie J. Shaw

    4. Chapter 9

      Plain Folk Yeomanry in the Antebellum South (pages 139–155)

      Samuel C. Hyde

    5. Chapter 10

      Religion in the Pre-Civil War South (pages 156–175)

      Randy J. Sparks

    6. Chapter 11

      Politics in the Antebellum South (pages 176–190)

      Daniel W. Crofts

    7. Chapter 12

      Women in the Old South (pages 191–211)

      Sally G. McMIllen

    8. Chapter 13

      Intellectual and Cultural History of the Old South (pages 112–231)

      David Moltke-Hansen

  4. Part III: Civil War and Reconstruction

    1. Chapter 14

      Sectionalism and the Secession Crisis (pages 231–248)

      Mary A. DeCredico

    2. Chapter 15

      The Civil War (pages 249–268)

      George C. Rable

    3. Chapter 16

      Emancipation and Its Consequences (pages 269–283)

      Laura F. Edwards

    4. Chapter 17

      Political Reconstruction, 1865–1877 (pages 284–302)

      Michael W. Fitzgerald

    5. Chapter 18

      Economic Consequences of the Civil War and Reconstruction (pages 303–317)

      Joseph P. Reidy

  5. Part IV: The New South

    1. Chapter 19

      Southern Politics in the Age of Populism and Progressivism (pages 317–335)

      Samuel L. Webb

    2. Chapter 20

      The Rise of Jim Crow, 1880–1920 (pages 336–347)

      James Beeby and Donald G. Nieman

    3. Chapter 21

      Women in the Post-Civil War South (pages 348–368)

      Elizabeth Hayes Turner

    4. Chapter 22

      The Discovery of Appalachia (pages 369–386)

      John C. Inscoe

    5. Chapter 23

      Religion in the American South Since the Civil War (pages 387–406)

      Paul Harvey

  6. Part V: The Modern South

    1. Chapter 24

      Southern Environmental History (pages 405–423)

      Mart A. Stewart

    2. Chapter 25

      Labor Relations in the Industrializing South (pages 424–443)

      Daniel Letwin

    3. Chapter 26

      The Impact of the New Deal and World War II on the South (pages 444–460)

      Pamela Tyler

    4. Chapter 27

      The Civil Rights Movement (pages 461–473)

      Charles W. Eagles

    5. Chapter 28

      The Rise of the Sunbelt (pages 474–493)

      David R. Goldfield

    6. Chapter 29

      The Transformation of Southern Politics, 1954 to the Present (pages 494–505)

      Wayne Flynt

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      Index (pages 506–524)

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