One homogeneous people [electronic resource] : narratives of white southern identity, 1890-1920 / Trent Watts.
Southerners have a reputation as storytellers, as a people fond of telling about family, community, and the southern way of life. A compelling book about some of those stories and their consequences, One Homogeneous People examines the forging and the embracing of southern & ldquo;pan-whiteness...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Knoxville :
University of Tennessee Press,
©2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | Southerners have a reputation as storytellers, as a people fond of telling about family, community, and the southern way of life. A compelling book about some of those stories and their consequences, One Homogeneous People examines the forging and the embracing of southern & ldquo;pan-whiteness & rdquo; as an ideal during the volatile years surrounding the turn of the twentieth century. Trent Watts argues that despite real and signifcant divisions within the South along lines of religion, class, and ethnicity, white southerners & mdash;especially in moments of perceived danger & mdash;asserted that t. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxii, 231 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-220) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781572337435 1572337435 |