The South and America since World War II / James C. Cobb.
| Author/creator | Cobb, James C., 1947- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012. |
| Description | xvii, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | "The democracy they fought for": the postwar assault on Jim Crow -- "For us or against us": massive resistance and the civil rights awakening -- "The dominant psychology ... is no longer agrarian": from farm to factory and town to city -- "From a thousand streets in a hundred towns": how the civil rights movement "overcame" -- "The whole United States is southern!" the politics of backlash, North and South -- "A foretaste of the new America": the South rejoins the Union, and vice versa -- "Just what the more ardent Confederates always wanted": poverty, power, and the rise of the Southern Rim -- "A favorable business climate": the price of progress in the sunbelt South -- "I'm not a feminist, but...": women, work, and the problem of change -- "First and last a southerner": whites, blacks, and southern identity after Jim Crow -- "I wouldn't have it any other way": division and diversity in the contemporary South -- "The root of so many problems facing the country": why America still needs the South. |
| ISBN | 0195166515 |
| ISBN | 9780195166514 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | F216.2 .C57 2012 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |