Varieties of Southern History: New Essays on a Region and
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Salmond, John A. / Clayton, Bruce / Salmond, John, PUBLISHER: Praeger, This is a unique collection ong>ofong> ong>essayong>s by some ong>ofong> the world's leading historiong>anong>s ong>ofong> the South, together with work by younger scholars. All contributors, however, are working at the cutting edge ong>ofong> their particular methodological approaches. The book, for example, includes both ong>anong> ong>essayong> by Pulitzer Prize winner Rhys Isaac, ong>anong>d one by Rutgers University graduate student Beth Hale. Yet, both have a common concern to explore the reaches ong>ofong> the Southern past through the dimension ong>ofong> ethnography. The ong>essayong>s in the book are grouped according to theme. The largest section, the social sciences ong>anong>d Southern history, includes ong>essayong>s drawing heavily on the insights ong>ofong> ong>anong>thropology ong>ofong> ethnography ong>anong>d ong>ofong> statistical ong>anong>alysis. Each ong>essayong> in the second section is designed to illustrate how life history cong>anong> be used to illuminate much larger histoical themes ong>anong>d processes. The ong>essayong>s in the last section on labor in the "new" South all illustrate, among other things, the importong>anong>ce ong>ofong> drawing on the insights ong>ofong> historiong>anong>s ong>ofong> women in order to redress the masculinist presuppositons ong>ofong> labor historiong>anong>s. All the ong>essayong>s in the book, in fact, reflect current concerns with gender ong>anong>d race in the re-interpretation ong>ofong> the Southern past.