Southerners: The Social Psychology of Sectionalism (Institute for Research in Social Science)

by John Shelton Reed

Book Overview

In this pioneering study of what it means to be Southern, John Shelton Reed uses a survey to examine Southerners as an ethnic group. He finds that such experiences as urban residence, travel, education, and media exposure generally erode such traditional attitudes as ethnocentrism, racism, fatalism, localism, authoritarianism, xenophobia, and resistance to innovation. At the same time, however, Reed shows that these modernizing experiences heighten...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439212376
• ISBN13: 9781439212370
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.4" x 4.8"