A Mythic Land Apart: Reassessing Southerners and Their History

by John David Smith and Thomas H. Appleton

Book Overview

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 Mazzei, Henry Clay, A. B. Happy Chandler, and John Sherman Cooper. The chapters illustrate the South's complexity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031329304X
• ISBN13: 9780313293047
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"