The New South Creed A Study in Southern Mythmaking |
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| Author:
| Gaston, Paul |
| Afterword by:
| Gaston, Paul |
| Introduction by:
| Norrell, Robert J. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60306-143-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Publisher: | NewSouth, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | NewSouth Books |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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First published in 1970,
The New South Creed has lost none of its usefulness to anyone examining the dream of a "New South"-prosperous, powerful, racially harmonious-that developed in the three decades after the Civil War, and the transformation of that dream into widely accepted myths, shielding and perpetuating a conservative, racist society. Many young moderates of the period created a philosophy designed to enrich the region-attempting to both restore the power and prestige...
More DescriptionFirst published in 1970, The New South Creed has lost none of its usefulness to anyone examining the dream of a "New South"-prosperous, powerful, racially harmonious-that developed in the three decades after the Civil War, and the transformation of that dream into widely accepted myths, shielding and perpetuating a conservative, racist society. Many young moderates of the period created a philosophy designed to enrich the region-attempting to both restore the power and prestige and to lay the race question to rest. In spite of these men and their efforts, their dream of a New South joined the Antebellum illusion as a genuine social myth, with a controlling power over the way in which their followers, in both North and South, perceived reality.