Author: WIENER, Jonathan M.
Title: Social Origins of the New South. Alabama 1860 - 1885.
Description: Louisian State University Press, 1978. 1st US edition. Hardcover. Slight sunning to spine of dj, o/wise good condition. Ex-libris stamp to title-page. Challenges the view that the Civil War & Reconstruction brought about "the downfall & destruction of the planter elite". Draws on fresh research into US census reports to present "evidence of planter persistence & trace the social roots of postwar politics in the conflict between this persistent planter class & tenants, merchants, & industrialists". Out of print. 247pp.

Keywords: american southern united states south history historical 19th nineteenth century class social north