Gaston, Paul M., 1928-

The New South Creed; A Study in Southern Mythmaking / Paul M. Gaston; With a new afterword by the author and a new introduction by Robert Jefferson Norrell. - Montgomery (Alabama): New South Books, c2002 - 298 p. 22 cm.

The Reissue of a Classic Interpretation of Southern History.

Bibliography: p. [279]-298.

The dream of a new South - prosperous, powerful, racially harmonious- that developed in the three decades following the Civil War; and the transformation of that dream into widely accepted myths shielding and perpetuating a conservative, racist society.

70098640


Southern States--Civilization.
Southern States--Race relations.

002 F 209 / G256n 2002

917.5/03