Southern Crucible: The Making of an American Region Combined Volume

About this book

Southern Crucible: The Making of an American Region seeks to fashion a new narrative about the American South. Informed by the most current scholarship in the field the book offers a balanced look at the regions social political cultural and economic history over four centuries from pre-contact to the present. Focusing on several major themes in southern history--including the role of racial hierarchy the role of women and gender and the impact of immigration--author William A. Link presents the areas distinct history while carefully highlighting its remarkable diversity and geographic cultural and economic differences. Fast-paced and engaging Southern Crucible challenges students to reexamine the regions history and culture and discover the legacy that the South has had on the entire nations history. Southern Crucible: The Making of an American Region is available in a combined volume and two split volumes.