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During the two decades prior to publication of this book, sociologists had developed a range of new research methods that could be of much use to social historians. This 1999 collection of essays introduces some of the most interesting of these methods: event structure analysis, words-to-numbers, network analysis, qualitative comparative analysis, fuzzy logic, and recursive regression. All essays are written by outstanding experts, address non-initiated readers and use as little jargon as possible. Methods are explained through the use of historical case studies; annotated topical bibliographies have been added.

This title features highlights from the journal for South-watchers.What does ""redneck"" mean? What's going to happen to the southern accent? What makes black southerners laugh? What is ""real"" country music? These are the kinds of questions that pop up in this collection of notable essays from ""Southern Cultures"", the journal of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Intentionally plural, ""Southern Cultures"" was founded in 1993 to present all sides of the American South, from sorority sisters to Pocahontas, from kudzu to the blues.This volume collects 27 essays from the journal's first fifteen years, bringing together some of the most memorable and engaging essays as well as some of those most requested for use in courses. A stellar cast of contributors discusses themes of identity, pride, traditions, changes, conflicts, and stereotypes. Topics range from black migrants in Chicago to Mexican immigrants in North Carolina, from Tennessee wrestlers to Martin Luther King, from the Civil War to contemporary debates about the Confederate flag. Funny and serious, historical and contemporary, the collection offers something new for every South-watcher, with fresh perspectives on enduring debates about the people and cultures of America's most complex region.

What does “redneck” mean? What’s going to happen to the southern accent? What makes black southerners laugh? What is “real” country music? These are the kinds of questions that pop up in this collection of notable essays from Southern Cultures, the journal of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Intentionally plural, Southern Cultures was founded in 1993 to present all sides of the American South, from sorority sisters to Pocahontas, from kudzu to the blues.This volume collects 27 essays from the journal’s first fifteen years, bringing together some of the most memorable and engaging essays as well as some of those most requested for use in courses. A stellar cast of contributors discusses themes of identity, pride, traditions, changes, conflicts, and stereotypes. Topics range from black migrants in Chicago to Mexican immigrants in North Carolina, from Tennessee wrestlers to Martin Luther King, from the Civil War to contemporary debates about the Confederate flag. Funny and serious, historical and contemporary, the collection offers something new for every South-watcher, with fresh perspectives on enduring debates about the people and cultures of America’s most complex region.Contributors:Derek H. Alderman, East Carolina UniversityDonna G''Segner Alderman, Greenville, North CarolinaS. Jonathan Bass, Samford UniversityDwight B. Billings, University of KentuckyCatherine W. Bishir, Preservation North CarolinaKathleen M. Blee, University of PittsburghElizabeth Boyd, Vanderbilt UniversityJames C. Cobb, University of GeorgiaPeter A. Coclanis, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillJoseph Crespino, Emory UniversityDrew Gilpin Faust, Harvard Universityfranklin forts, University of GeorgiaDavid Goldfield, University of North Carolina at CharlotteLarry J. Griffin, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillAdam Gussow, University of MississippiTrudier Harris, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillPatrick Huber, University of Missouri-RollaLouis M. Kyriakoudes, University of Southern MississippiMelton McLaurin, University of North Carolina at WilmingtonMichael Montgomery, University of South CarolinaSteve Oney, Los Angeles, CaliforniaTheda Perdue, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillDan Pierce, University of North Carolina at AshevilleJohn Shelton Reed, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMart Stewart, Western Washington UniversityThomas A. Tweed, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillTimothy B. Tyson, Duke UniversityAnthony Walton, Bowdoin CollegeHarry L. Watson, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillCharles Reagan Wilson, University of MississippiC. Vann Woodward (1908–1999)

How do southerners feel about the ways in which the rest of the country regards them? In this volume, twelve observers of the modern South discuss its persistent image as a people and place at odds with mainstream American ideals and values. Ranging from the South's climate to its religious fundamentalism to its great outpouring of fiction and autobiography, the contributors show how and why our perceptions of the region have been continually refashioned by national/southern tensions, trends, and events. At the same time, they show that although the nation has sought, time and again, to change the region, America also has used the South to expose and modify some of its own darker impulses.As editors Larry J. Griffin and Don H. Doyle point out, no single approach could clarify the complexities underlying this persistent notion of a "Problem South." Representing a diversity of backgrounds and interests, the writings in this volume are the products of strong and independent minds that cut across disciplines, disagree among themselves, blend contemporary and historical insights, and confront conventional wisdom and expedient generalities.Filled with fresh insights into the dynamics of the region's long-troubled relationship with the rest of the nation, this volume allows us all to view the current state and future course of the South, as well as its link to the broader culture and polity, in a new light.

How do southerners feel about the ways in which the rest of the country regards them? In this volume, twelve observers of the modern South discuss its persistent image as a people and place at odds with mainstream American ideals and values. Ranging from the South's climate to its religious fundamentalism to its great outpouring of fiction and autobiography, the contributors show how and why our perceptions of the region have been continually refashioned by national/southern tensions, trends, and events. At the same time, they show that although the nation has sought, time and again, to change the region, America also has used the South to expose and modify some of its own darker impulses.As editors Larry J. Griffin and Don H. Doyle point out, no single approach could clarify the complexities underlying this persistent notion of a "Problem South." Representing a diversity of backgrounds and interests, the writings in this volume are the products of strong and independent minds that cut across disciplines, disagree among themselves, blend contemporary and historical insights, and confront conventional wisdom and expedient generalities.Filled with fresh insights into the dynamics of the region's long-troubled relationship with the rest of the nation, this volume allows us all to view the current state and future course of the South, as well as its link to the broader culture and polity, in a new light.

What does "redneck" mean? What''s going to happen to the southern accent? What makes black southerners laugh? What is "real" country music? These are the kinds of questions that pop up in this collection of notable essays from Southern Cultures, the journal of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Intentionally plural, Southern Cultures was founded in 1993 to present all sides of the American South, from sorority sisters to Pocahontas, from kudzu to the blues.This volume collects 27 essays from the journal''s first fifteen years, bringing together some of the most memorable and engaging essays as well as some of those most requested for use in courses. A stellar cast of contributors discusses themes of identity, pride, traditions, changes, conflicts, and stereotypes. Topics range from black migrants in Chicago to Mexican immigrants in North Carolina, from Tennessee wrestlers to Martin Luther King, from the Civil War to contemporary debates about the Confederate flag. Funny and serious, historical and contemporary, the collection offers something new for every South-watcher, with fresh perspectives on enduring debates about the people and cultures of America''s most complex region.Contributors: Derek H. Alderman, East Carolina UniversityDonna G''Segner Alderman, Greenville, North CarolinaS. Jonathan Bass, Samford UniversityDwight B. Billings, University of KentuckyCatherine W. Bishir, Preservation North CarolinaKathleen M. Blee, University of PittsburghElizabeth Boyd, Vanderbilt UniversityJames C. Cobb, University of GeorgiaPeter A. Coclanis, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillJoseph Crespino, Emory UniversityDrew Gilpin Faust, Harvard Universityfranklin forts, University of GeorgiaDavid Goldfield, University of North Carolina at CharlotteLarry J. Griffin, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillAdam Gussow, University of MississippiTrudier Harris, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillPatrick Huber, University of Missouri-RollaLouis M. Kyriakoudes, University of Southern MississippiMelton McLaurin, University of North Carolina at Wilmington Michael Montgomery, University of South CarolinaSteve Oney, Los Angeles, CaliforniaTheda Perdue, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillDan Pierce, University of North Carolina at AshevilleJohn Shelton Reed, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMart Stewart, Western Washington UniversityThomas A. Tweed, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillTimothy B. Tyson, Duke UniversityAnthony Walton, Bowdoin CollegeHarry L. Watson, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillCharles Reagan Wilson, University of MississippiC. Vann Woodward (1908-1999)

This Omnibus E-book brings together all four issues of Southern Cultures Volume 15, published in 2009.Volume 15 of Southern Cultures explores Lee’s Tomb, how Southern evangelicals kept sin from sacred spaces, the power of memorials, W.E.B. Du Bois’s unusual connection to the United Daughters of the Confederacy, sundown towns, the African American architect who designed one of the South’s elite institutions during Jim Crow, and both the Mississippi Delta and Core Sound Workboats in photographs.It also includes two theme issues with multimedia content, “The Edible South” and “Music.” “The Edible South,” our first food issue, includes the favorite foods of our favorite writers, Drum Head Stew from the Eastern Shore of Virginia, girls’ tomato clubs, Wormsloe plantation, select short films on food from our friends at the Southern Foodways Alliance on the bonus DVD, and more. Our Fall special issue is our third music issue includes a never-before-published interview with “Son” Thomas, a brief history of the boogie, Ella May Wiggins, Top Ten best of jazz, blues, country, and rock greats, Emmett Till in music and song, and more.Enhanced with the 20 music tracks from the bonus CD, “Cool-Water Music,” it brings together yet another eclectic mix of folk, blues, country, and alternative rock, from Pete Seeger to Whistlin’ Britches to Charlie Louvin and George Jones to the Rosebuds. A feast!Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South.