Cobb, James C. 1947-

Away down South a history of Southern identity / [electronic resource] : James C. Cobb. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. - x, 404 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-389) and index.

Cavalier and Yankee : the origins of Southern "otherness" -- The South becomes a cause -- The New South and the old cause -- The Southern Renaissance and the revolt against the New South creed -- Southern writers and "the impossible load of the past" -- The mind of the South -- The South of guilt and shame -- No North, no South? the crisis of Southern white identity -- Successful, optimistic, prosperous, and bland : telling about the No South -- Blackness and Southernness : African Americans look south toward home -- Divided by a common past : history and identity in the contemporary South -- The South and the politics of identity.


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Group identity--History.--Southern States


Southern States--Civilization.
Southern States--Race relations.


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