Myth and Southern History, Volume 2
The New SouthSecond Edition
Essays with a mythic perspective on the postbellum American South
Paper – $20
978-0-252-06025-0
Publication Date
Paperback: 01/01/1989
About the Book
Many historical myths are actually false yet psychologically true. The contributors to this volume see myth and reality as complementary elements in the historical record. Myth and Southern History is as much a commentary on southern historiography as it is on the viability of myth in the historical process. Volume 2: The New South offers new perspectives on the North's role in southern mythology, the so-called Savage South, twentieth-century black and white southern women, and the "changes" that distinguish the late twentieth-century South from that of the Civil War era.About the Author
Patrick Gerster is a professor of history and American studies and Honors Program director at Lakewood Community College. Nicholas Cords is a professor of history at Lakewood Community College. They are coeditors of Myth and the American Experience and coauthors of Myth in American History.Also by this author
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"Through the singular, all-encompassing theme of southern mythology, these two companion volumes provide a measure of continuity to our understanding of race, class, and other crucial aspects of this region's past. Demonstrating that myth can have multiple meanings and examining the importance of regional mythology to both Southerners and others who wish to understand and explain the history of the Old and New South, Myth and Southern History is useful to students and scholars alike."--Neil R. McMillen, author of Dark Journey: Black Mississippians in the Age of Jim Crow
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