{"product_id":"the-american-south-a-very-short-introduction-9780199943517","title":"The American South: A Very Short Introduction","description":"The American South is a distinctive place with a dramatic history, and has significance beyond its regional context in the twenty first century. \u003cem\u003eThe American South: A Very Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e explores the history of the South as a cultural crossroads, a meeting place between western Europe and\u003cbr\u003eWest Africa. The South's beginnings illuminate the expansion of Europe into the New World, creating a colonial slave society that distinguished it from other parts of the United States but fostered commonalities with other colonial societies. The Civil War and civil rights movement transformed the\u003cbr\u003eSouth in differing ways and remain a part of a vibrant and contested public memory. More recently, the South's pronounced traditionalism in customs and values was in tension with the forces of modernization that slowly forced change in the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoutherners' creative responses to these experiences have made the American South well known around the world in literature, film, music, and cuisine. Charles Reagan Wilson argues for the significance of creativity in the South, emerging from the diversity of peoples, cultures, and experiences that\u003cbr\u003ethe regional context fostered. The South has now become the new center of immigration, adding to the complexity of the region's cultural, social, economic, and political life. In this book, the burdens and tragedies of southern history are placed beside the creative achievements that have come out\u003cbr\u003eof the region, producing a portrait of a complex American place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13344031\"\u003eCharles Reagan Wilson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.80h x 4.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199943517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199943516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS038000\"\u003eAmericas (North Central South West Indies)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036010\"\u003eUnited States | State \u0026amp; Local | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharles Reagan Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor Emeritus of History and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. The author of three historical studies and editor of a dozen more, Wilson has organized fifteen conferences and symposia. He served as the director of the Center for the Study of Southern\u003cbr\u003eCulture (1998-2007) and the Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Chair of History (2007-2015), and worked extensively with graduate students in history and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. He is the editor-in-chief of \u003cem\u003eThe New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture \u003c\/em\u003e(2013), the coeditor of \u003cem\u003eThe Encyclopedia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eof Southern Culture \u003c\/em\u003e(1989), and the coeditor of \u003cem\u003eThe Mississippi Encyclopedia \u003c\/em\u003e(2017). Frequently interviewed by such media outlets as CNN, the SEC Network, \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, and southern newspapers and magazines, he has been an essayist and reviewer for \u003cem\u003eThe Atlanta\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eJournal-Constitution\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Raleigh News-Observer.\u003c\/em\u003e Most recently, he served as an Obama Fellow at the Obama Institute of Transnational American Studies at the University of Mainz, Germany.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42711219732717,"sku":"9780199943517","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_28aa6fc8-c8a7-41b6-8bc3-f9330161fdd1.jpg?v=1650157265","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-american-south-a-very-short-introduction-9780199943517","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}