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A Sphinx on the American Land - The Nineteenth-Century South in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover)
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A Sphinx on the American Land - The Nineteenth-Century South in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover)
Series: Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History
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Coming to grips with southern history by examining the un-South,
the many Souths, and the other Souths One reason that the South
attracts so much interest is that its history inevitably involves
big questions--continuity versus change, slavery and freedom, the
meaning of "race, " the formation of national identity. Because
these issues are central to human experience, southern history
properly conceived is of more than regional interest. In A Sphinx
on the American Land, Peter Kolchin explores three comparative
frameworks for the study of the nineteenth-century South in an
effort to nudge the subject away from provincialism and toward the
kind of global concerns that are already transforming it into one
of the most innovative fields of historical research. The volume
opens with a comparison between the South and the North, or what
Kolchin terms the "un-South." Turning to the cohesion and
variations among what he calls the "many Souths, " Kolchin reminds
us that there Coming to grips with southern history by examining
the un-South, the many Souths, and the other SouthsOne reason that
the South attracts so much interest is that its history inevitably
involves big questions--continuity versus change, slavery and
freedom, the meaning of "race, " the formation of national
identity. Because these issues are central to human experience,
southern history properly conceived is of more than regional
interest. In A Sphinx on the American Land, Peter Kolchin explores
three comparative frameworks for the study of the
nineteenth-century South in an effort to nudge the subject away
from provincialism and toward the kind of global concerns that are
already transforming it into one of the most innovativefields of
historical research. The volume opens with a comparison between the
South and the North, or what Kolchin terms the "un-South." Turning
to the cohesion and variations among what he calls the "many
Souths, " Kolchin reminds us that there has never been one South or
archetypal southerner. Finally, he explores parallels between the
South and regions outside the United States--the "other
Souths--Russia most notably. Kolchin examines how scholars have
approached each of his comparative frameworks and how they might do
so in the future, making his book at once a work of history and of
historiography. Illustrating the ways in which southern history is
also American history and world history, this elegant, profound
volume proves Kolchin to be one of the stellar southern historians
of his generation.
General
Imprint: |
Louisiana State University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History |
Release date: |
April 2003 |
First published: |
April 2003 |
Authors: |
Peter Kolchin
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
124 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8071-2866-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
0-8071-2866-X |
Barcode: |
9780807128664 |
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