Varieties of Southern History: New Essays on a Region and Its People

by John A. Salmond

This book reflects the best of contemporary scholarship on the history of the American South. Each contributor is an authority--one a Pulitzer Prize winner. The essays examine what life was like for the slaves; for the victims of terror and lynchings; for workers who dared strike and demand fairness; and for dissenters who challenged the accepted truths. The essays are grouped around three major research areas: history and the social sciences,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313298602
• ISBN13: 9780313298608
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.6"