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A Mythic Land Apart: Reassessing Southerners and Their History (Contributions in American History)
A Mythic Land Apart Reassessing Southerners and Their History - Contributions in American History Author:Thomas H. Appleton, John David Smith Utilizing biographical, demographic, political, social, and cultural approaches, the nine essays in this book provide a probing look at the South's diversity and its important place in the national past. The authors explore the tension between the South's well-worn mythic images and the diversity that bred such influential leaders as Philip Mazz... more »ei, Henry Clay, A. B. "Happy" Chandler, and John Sherman Cooper. The chapters illustrate the South's complexity in assessing the region's plain folk, slave panics, military strategy, racial reform, and temperance movement. The book untangles the South's mythology and offers fresh and penetrating insights into the ongoing reassessment of the region.« less