Southern History Across the Color Line
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Book Overview
The color line, once all too solid in southern public life, still exists in the study of southern history. As distinguished historian Nell Irvin Painter notes, historians often still write about the South as though people of different races occupied entirely different spheres. In truth, although blacks and whites were expected to remain in their assigned places in the southern social hierarchy throughout the nineteenth and much of the twentieth century,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807853607
ISBN13:9780807853603
Release Date:April 2002
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:262 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.8" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
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Interesting but not as deep as expected...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Dr. Painter is a painstaking historian with excellent depth of references provided. The subject matter is fascinating and the various essays provide interesting perspectives. However, some of the essays stop short of my expectations having listened to her on BookTV extended interview. After a while, I got the feeling of redundancy and deeper thoughts not developed or explained. Nevertheless, I recommend the book and look forward to reading her next history of the three ages of white history in this nation.
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