The Problem South Region, Empire and the New Liberal State, 1880-1930 |
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| Author:
| Ring, Natalie J. |
| Series title: | Politics and Culture in the Twentieth-Century South Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-4260-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.95 |
Book Description:
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For most historians, the hostilities of the Civil War gave way to the nationalizing forces of cultural reunion. Ring contends this buoyant mythology competed with an equally powerful representation of the backward Problem South-one that resisted reformation by northern philanthropists, southern liberals, and federal experts.
For most historians, the hostilities of the Civil War gave way to the nationalizing forces of cultural reunion. Ring contends this buoyant mythology competed with an equally powerful representation of the backward Problem South-one that resisted reformation by northern philanthropists, southern liberals, and federal experts.