The Resilience of Southern Identity: Why the South Still Matters in the Minds of Its People

by Christopher Alan Cooper, H Gibbs Knotts, H. Gibbs Knotts

Book Overview

The American South has experienced remarkable change over the past half century. Black voter registration has increased, the region's politics have shifted from one-party Democratic to the near-domination of the Republican Party, and in-migration has increased its population manyfold. At the same time, many outward signs of regional distinctiveness have faded -- chain restaurants have replaced mom-and-pop diners, and the interstate highway system...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469652161
• ISBN13: 9781469652160
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.8" x 9.5"