Archipelagoes of My South - Episodes in the Shaping of a Region, 1830 1965 (Hardcover, 3rd)

"The tourist archipelagoes of my South / are prisons, too, corruptible" writes the poet Derek Walcott. While Walcott refers to the islands of the Caribbean, the analogous idea of a land made into solitary islands by an imprisoned and inherited corruption is historian J. Mills Thornton III's American South. The captivating essays in Archipelagoes of My South: Episodes in the Shaping of a Region, 1830-1965 address this overarching and underlying narrative of Alabama politics and the history of the South. Highlighting events as significant as the role of social and economic conflict in the Southern secession movement, various aspects of Reconstruction, and the role of the Ku Klux Klan in the politics of the 1920s, Thornton draws from various points in the southern past in an effort to identify and understand the sources of the region's power. Moreover, each essay investigates its subject matter and peels back layers with an aim to clarify why the enormous diversity of the southern experience makes that power so great, all the while allowing the reader to see connections that would not otherwise be apparent. Archipelagoes of My South gathers together for the first time in one volume previously uncollected essays that cover the entire length and breadth of Thornton's career, ranging from one essay written while he was still in graduate school to one written only last year. The author's principal concerns have always been the arc of regional evolution and the significance of the local. Thus, the mechanisms of political and social change and the interrelationships across eras and generations are recurring themes in many of these essays. Even those who have spent their entire lives in the South may be unaware of the fractured layers of history that lie beneath the landscape they inhabit. For those southern residents who seek to comprehend more of their own past, this landmark compilation of essays on Alabama and southern history endeavors to provide illumination and enlightenment.

General

Imprint:	The University of Alabama Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2016
Authors:	J.Mills Thornton
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	248
Edition:	3rd
ISBN-13:	978-0-8173-1933-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Local government > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > General Books > History > History of other lands Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-8173-1933-6
Barcode:	9780817319335

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