The Human Tradition in the Old South

by Klotter, James C.; Stern, Peter (CON); Hewitt, Gary L. (CON); Green, Michael D. (CON); Eslinger, Ellen (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780842029780
• ISBN10: 0842029788
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

The importance of the South in the development of the United States has always been clear, but in recent decades the rise of the sunbelt-politically, economically, and culturally-has made the significance of the region's history all the more apparent. In The Human Tradition in the Old South, Professor James C. Klotter has gathered twelve insightful essays that explore the region's past and ponder its place in the broader story of the nation. This highly readable volume presents the South's rich and varied history through the lives of a wide range of individuals-men and women, African Americans, whites, and Native Americans from many different Southern states. Written by well-established scholars these mini-biographies collectively range in time from the late colonial/early national period to the present. Filled with lively stories of fascinating Southerners and the times in which they lived, The Human Tradition in the Old South is ideal for courses on Southern history, social history, race relations, and the American history survey course.

Table of Contents

Introduction---The American South	xi
James C. Klotter
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca: Conquistador and Sojourner	1	(20)
Peter Stern
Eliza Lucas Pinckney: Vegetables and Virtue	21	(24)
Gary L. Hewitt
William McIntosh: The Evolution of a Creek National Idea	45	(18)
Michael D. Green
James O'Kelly: Father of Christian Fundamentalism in America	63	(18)
Ellen Eslinger
Gabriel: Artisan, Slave, and American Revolutionary	81	(18)
Douglas R. Egerton
Mag Preston: Personal Honor in Southern Politics	99	(18)
Randolph Hollingsworth
Frederick Law Olmsted: A Connecticut Yankee in King Cotton's Court	117	(20)
John C. Inscoe
George Washington Harris: The Fool from the Hills	137	(16)
John Mayfield
Sam Houston: Unionism and the Secession Crisis in Texas	153	(16)
Randolph B. Campbell
David Emmons Johnston: A Soldier's Life in the Confederate Army	169	(18)
Carol Reardon
Lucy Virginia French: ``Out of the Bitterness of My Heart''	187	(18)
Connie L. Lester
Robert Smalls: ``I Stand Here the Equal of Any Man''	205	(14)
Richard Zuczek
Index	219