Research and Evaluate Competing Proposals for How the South Should Address Its Historical Legacies. What Approaches to Reconciliation, Remembrance, and Reform Show the Most Promise for Fostering Inclusive Southern Communities? Introduction The American South remains a...
Research the changing demographics of specific Southern metropolitan areas (Atlanta, Charlotte, Austin, etc.). How do these changes reflect broader patterns of Southern transformation? Abstract This essay examines the dramatic demographic transformations occurring in...
Analyze the Role of Religious Newspapers, Books, and Periodicals in Shaping Southern Religious Culture. How Did Religious Media Influence Public Opinion? Introduction Religious publishing in the American South during the late nineteenth and early twentieth...
Analyze the impact of railroad development on the New South’s economy and society. How did improved transportation networks affect regional development? Abstract The period following the Civil War marked a transformative era in Southern history,...
How Did Southerners Construct a New Regional Identity That Incorporated Both Lost Cause Mythology and New South Boosterism? Introduction The decades following the Civil War and Reconstruction were a period of profound transformation in the American South, as...
