The Human Tradition in the Old South: : The Human Tradition in America Peter Stern Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

The Human Tradition in the Old South

Textbook

The Human Tradition in the Old South

Textbook

Description

The importance of the South in the development of the United States has always been clear, but in recent decades the rise of the sunbelt-politically, economically, and culturally-has made the significance of the region's history all the more apparent. In The Human Tradition in the Old South, Professor James C. Klotter has gathered twelve insightful essays that explore the region's past and ponder its place in the broader story of the nation. This highly readable volume presents the South's rich and varied history through the lives of a wide range of individuals-men and women, African Americans, whites, and Native Americans from many different Southern states. Written by well-established scholars these mini-biographies collectively range in time from the late colonial/early national period to the present. Filled with lively stories of fascinating Southerners and the times in which they lived, The Human Tradition in the Old South is ideal for courses on Southern history, social history, race relations, and the American history survey course.

Chapter 1 Introduction: The American South
Chapter 2 Alvar N?Òez Cabeza de Vaca: Conquistador and Sojourner
Chapter 3 Eliza Lucas Pinckney: Vegetables and Virtue
Chapter 4 William McIntosh: The Evolution of a Creek National Idea
Chapter 5 James O'Kelly: Father of Christian Fundamentalism in America
Chapter 6 Gabriel: Artisan, Slave, and American Revolutionary
Chapter 7 Mag Preston: Personal Honor in Southern Politics
Chapter 8 Frederick Law Olmsted: A Connecticut Yankee in King Cotton's Court
Chapter 9 George Washington Harris: The Fool from the Hills
Chapter 10 Sam Houston: Unionism and the Secession Crisis in Texas
Chapter 11 David Emmons Johnston: A Soldier's Life in the Confederate Army
Chapter 12 Lucy Virginia French: "Out of the Bitterness of My Heart"
Chapter 13 Robert Smalls: "I Stand Here the Equal of Any Man"

Product details

Published	May 01 2003
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Extent	225
ISBN	9781461601647
Imprint	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Series	The Human Tradition in America
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

James C. Klotter

Contributor

Peter Stern

Contributor

Gary L. Hewitt

Contributor

Michael D. Green

Contributor

Ellen Eslinger

Contributor

Douglas R. Egerton

Contributor

Randolph Hollingsworth

Contributor

John C. Inscoe

Contributor

John Mayfield

Contributor

Randolph Campbell

Contributor

Carol Reardon

Contributor

Connie L. Lester

Contributor

Richard Zuczek

These dozen readable, fascinating biographical portraits offer wonderful insights into different aspects and different eras of Southern history. They exemplify the diversity of the region and indicate how a biographical approach can bring the past alive for students by humanizing it. An immensely teachable book.

John B. Boles, Rice University
The Human Tradition in the Old South offers thoughtful new observations on some prominent figures and revealing first perspectives on others less familiar. It reminds us forcefully that while, as the sum of its human parts, 'the South' may exist as face, the generic 'Southerner' is and always has been a fiction.

James C. Cobb, University of Georgia
The Old South has always fascinated and confused those who think about American history. The biographies in this collection present an engaging and compelling collective portrait of a remarkably complicated place.

Edward L. Ayers, dean of the College & Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, University of Virginia