The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 3: History

Book Overview

Providing a chronological and interpretive spine to the twenty-four volumes of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture , this volume broadly surveys history in the American South from the Paleoindian period (approximately 8000 B.C.E.) to the present. In 118 essays, contributors cover the turbulent past of the region that has witnessed frequent racial conflict, a bloody Civil War fought and lost on its soil, massive in- and out-migration, major economic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807830283
• ISBN13: 9780807830284
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"