The Idea of the American South, 1920-1941
Originally published in 1979. The idea of the "South" has its roots in Romanticism and American culture of the nineteenth century. This study by Michael O'Brien analyzes how the idea of a unique Southern consciousness endured into the twentieth century and how it affected the lives of...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Colección: | Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ;
97th series, no. 1. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009439614606719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- part 1. The legacy. On the idea of the South : origins, mutation, and fragmentation
- part 2. The sociological vision : Howard Odum. Odum : sociology in the South ; Odum : Southern sociology ; Odum : the failure of regionalism
- Entr'acte. A still point : John Wade. Wade : a turning inward
- part 3. The reaction to modernism : the Southern agrarians. John Ransom : the cycle of commitment ; Allen Tate : "the punctilious abyss" ; Frank Owsley : "the immoderate past" ; Donald Davidson : "the creed of memory"
- part 4. The survival of Southern identity. The idea of the South : an interpretation.
