Southern Histories - Public, Personal, and Sacred

A premier historian of the South looks at the region's complicated ties to its pasts.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

DAVID GOLDFIELD is the Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the editor of the Journal of Urban History, and a distinguished lecturer for the Organization of American Historians. His many books include Still Fighting the Civil War.

Zusammenfassung

In this challenging look at some of the historical forces actively at work in today’s South, David Goldfield draws pointed, provocative links between the “Lost Cause” mythology that emerged from the chaos of Confederate defeat, the region’s reputation for intolerance, and southern evangelical Protestantism.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David Goldfield, David R. Goldfield
• Verlag: The University of Georgia Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 24.11.2003
• EAN: 9780820325613
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-2561-3
• Seiten: 140
• Abmessung: 126 mm x 226 mm x 17 mm
• Gewicht: 299 g
• Serien: Georgia Southern University Ja; Georgia Southern University Ja; Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Amerikanische Geschichte, HISTORY / Historiography, History - U.S., USA Süden, South Atlantic States, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)