The Making of the American South: A Short History, 1500-1877

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Map: The United States in 1860.

Prologue.

Part I: Before Southern History.

1. Before the South.

2. Colonials Become Americans.

3. Southern Power in the New Nation.

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Part II: Making the Old South.

4. An American Slave Society.

5. The Politics of Slavery and the Road to Secession.

6. Civil Wars.

7. The Reconstruction of the South and the Construction of Southern History.

Notes.

Bibliographical Note.

Index