Southern Crossing - A History of the American South, 1877-1906

Informationen zum Autor Edward L. Ayers is the Hugh P. Kelly Professor of History at the University of Virginia and is the author of Vengeance and Justice. Klappentext A vivid portrait of a society undergoing the sudden confrontation of the promises, costs, and consequences of modern life, this concise, accessible edition of the award-winning Promise of the New South offers an unforgettable account of the New South--a land with one foot in the future and the other in the past. Zusammenfassung This work represents an abridgement of Edward L. Ayers's "The Promise of the New South" which offered a history of the American South between the 1870s and the 1900s. This book shows a society suddenly confronted with the promises, costs and consequences of modern life.

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• Authors: Edward L Ayers, Edward L. Ayers, Edward L. (Professor of History Ayers, Ayers Edward L.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.01.1995
• EAN: 9780195086898
• ISBN: 978-0-19-508689-8
• No. of pages: 298
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of the Americas, Southeastern & South Atlantic States, US South: South Atlantic States