 | The American South and the Atlantic World Subjects: African Americans -- Southern States -- Social conditions; Southern States -- History; Southern States -- Social conditions; Southern States -- Race relations; Most of the research on the South ties the region to the North, emphasizing racial binaries and outdated geographical boundaries, but The American South and the Atlantic World seeks a larger context. Helping to define "New" Southern studies, this book?the first of its kind?explores how the cultures, contacts, and economies of the Atlantic World shaped the South. |
