The Making of the American South: A Short History, 1500-1877ISBN: 978-0-631-20963-8
Hardcover
310 pages
January 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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“This slim volume provides a crisp, up-to-date account of
the South’s emergence as a distinctive, self-conscious
region. Harris writes an engrossing narrative that is as convincing
as it is readable.” Jane T. Censer, George Mason
University
“An uncommonly good book by an especially talented
historian, J. William Harris’s The Making of the American
South is the panoramic story of many Souths told crisply and
elegantly and with searching clarity. Gracefully written and
thoroughly edifying, it is a terrific read.” Mark M.
Smith, University of South Carolina
“This rich and readable introduction to the South from early exploration through the Civil War and Reconstruction deserves a wide audience of both students and general readers. Full of fresh insights and reflecting the latest scholarship on the region, William Harris’s narrative is concise and fast-paced, yet never shirks from the complexity or diversity that has always made the southern past so intriguing.” John C. Inscoe, University of Georgia