{"product_id":"the-idea-of-the-american-south-19201941-9781421433622","title":"The Idea of the American South 19201941","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally 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 prominent white Southern intellectuals. Individual chapters treat Howard Odum, John Donald Wade, John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, Frank Owsley, and Donald Davidson. The chapters trace each man's growing need for the idea of the Southhow each defined it and how far each was able to sustain the idea as an element of social analysis. The Idea of the American South moves the debate over Southern identity from speculative essays about the central theme of Southern history and, by implication, past the restricted perception that race relations are a sufficient key to understanding the history of Southern identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the paperback edition\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. The Legacy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. On the Idea of the South: Origins, Mutation, and Fragmentation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. The Sociological Vision: Howard Odum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e2. Odum: Sociology in the South\u003cbr\u003eChapter\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e3. Odum: Southern Sociology\u003cbr\u003eChapter\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e4. Odum: The Failure of Regionalism entr'acte: A Still Point: John Wade\u003cbr\u003eChapter\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e5. Wade: A Turning Inward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. The Reaction to Modernism: The Southern Agrarians\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e6. John Ransom: The Cycle of Commitment\u003cbr\u003eChapter\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e7. Allen Tate: 'The Punctilious Abyss\"\u003cbr\u003eChapter\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e8. Frank Owsley: 'The Immoderate Past\"\u003cbr\u003eChapter\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e9. Donald Davidson: \"The Creed of Memory\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV. The Survival of Southern Identity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e10. The Idea of the South: An Interpretation\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliographical note\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408133431639,"sku":"9781421433622","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421433622.jpg?v=1730501706","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-idea-of-the-american-south-19201941-9781421433622","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}