Peter Kolchin: 1 book
A Sphinx on the American Land
The Nineteenth-Century South in Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
One reason that the South attracts so much interest is that its history inevitably involves big questions—continuity versus change, slavery and freedom, the meaning of “race,” the formation of national identity, the struggle between local and centralized authority. Because these issues are central...
