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The Human Tradition in the Old South
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Artikel-Nr:
9781461601647
Veröffentl:
2003
Seiten:
225
Autor:
James C. Klotter
Serie:
The Human Tradition in America
eBook Typ:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
InThe Human Tradition in the Old South, Professor James C. Klotter has gathered twelve insightful essays that explore the region's past and ponder its place in the broader story of the nation. This highly readable volume presents the South's rich and varied history through the lives of a wide range of individuals-men and women, African Americans, whites, and Native Americans from many different Southern states. Written by well-established scholars these mini-biographies collectively range in time from the late colonial/early national period to the present.
The importance of the South in the development of the United States has always been clear, but in recent decades the rise of the sunbelt-politically, economically, and culturally-has made the significance of the region's history all the more apparent.
In The Human Tradition in the Old South, Professor James C. Klotter has gathered twelve insightful essays that explore the region's past and ponder its place in the broader story of the nation. This highly readable volume presents the South's rich and varied history through the lives of a wide range of individuals-men and women, African Americans, whites, and Native Americans from many different Southern states. Written by well-established scholars these mini-biographies collectively range in time from the late colonial/early national period to the present.
Filled with lively stories of fascinating Southerners and the times in which they livedThe Human Tradition in the Old South is ideal for courses on Southern history, social history, race relations, and the American history survey course.Chapter 1 Introduction: The American South
Chapter 2 Alvar N?Òez Cabeza de Vaca: Conquistador and Sojourner
Chapter 3 Eliza Lucas Pinckney: Vegetables and Virtue
Chapter 4 William McIntosh: The Evolution of a Creek National Idea
Chapter 5 James O'Kelly: Father of Christian Fundamentalism in America
Chapter 6 Gabriel: Artisan, Slave, and American Revolutionary
Chapter 7 Mag Preston: Personal Honor in Southern Politics
Chapter 8 Frederick Law Olmsted: A Connecticut Yankee in King Cotton's Court
Chapter 9 George Washington Harris: The Fool from the Hills
Chapter 10 Sam Houston: Unionism and the Secession Crisis in Texas
Chapter 11 David Emmons Johnston: A Soldier's Life in the Confederate Army
Chapter 12 Lucy Virginia French: "Out of the Bitterness of My Heart"
Chapter 13 Robert Smalls: "I Stand Here the Equal of Any Man"
Chapter 2 Alvar N?Òez Cabeza de Vaca: Conquistador and Sojourner
Chapter 3 Eliza Lucas Pinckney: Vegetables and Virtue
Chapter 4 William McIntosh: The Evolution of a Creek National Idea
Chapter 5 James O'Kelly: Father of Christian Fundamentalism in America
Chapter 6 Gabriel: Artisan, Slave, and American Revolutionary
Chapter 7 Mag Preston: Personal Honor in Southern Politics
Chapter 8 Frederick Law Olmsted: A Connecticut Yankee in King Cotton's Court
Chapter 9 George Washington Harris: The Fool from the Hills
Chapter 10 Sam Houston: Unionism and the Secession Crisis in Texas
Chapter 11 David Emmons Johnston: A Soldier's Life in the Confederate Army
Chapter 12 Lucy Virginia French: "Out of the Bitterness of My Heart"
Chapter 13 Robert Smalls: "I Stand Here the Equal of Any Man"