The myth of southern exceptionalism

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"More than one-third of the population of the United States now lives in the South, a region where politics, race relations, and the economy have changed dramatically since World War II. Yet scholars and journalists continue to disagree over whether the modern South is dominating, deviating from, or converging with the rest of the nation. This collection asks how the stories of American history chance if the South is no longer seen as a region apart--as the conservative exception to a liberal nation."--Back cover.

subjects: Historiography,  Race relations,  Group identity,  Segregation,  Southern States,  Social conditions,  Regionalism,  African Americans,  Exceptionalism,  African americans, segregation,  Southern states, social conditions,  Southern states, history,  United states, race relations,  Südstaaten,  Soziale Identität,  Rassenbeziehung,  Soziale Bewegung,  Bürgerrecht,  Regionalismus,  Segregation (Soziologie)