Interpreting American History - 9781606353158

Interpreting American HistoryThe New South\nAuthor(s): James S. Humphreys\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Kent State University Press, United States\nImprint: Kent State University Press\nISBN-13: 9781606353158, 978-1606353158\nSynopsis\nThe concept of the New South has elicited fierce debate among historians since the mid-twentieth century. At the heart of the argument is the question of whether the postCivil War South transformed itself into something genuinely new or simply held firm to patterns of life established before 1861. The South did change in significant ways after the Civil War ended, but many of its enduring trademarks, the most prominent being white supremacy, remained constant well into the twentieth century. Scholars have yet to meet the vexing challenge of proving or disproving the existence of a New South. Even in the twenty first century, amid the Souths sprawling cities, expanding suburbia, and high-tech environment, vestiges of the Old South remain. \n\nBringing .