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This module explores the social, cultural, political and economic history of the South from the end of the Civil War to the present day. Major topics include the reinstatement of white supremacy in the post-Civil War era; racial and gender reform from the progressive era onwards; the impact of war, economic depression, industrialisation, and urbanisation on a historically rural and agricultural region; the rise of the Sunbelt and suburbanisation; the post-civil rights era Republican resurgence, growth of conservatism, and re-emergence of white supremacism; the impact of immigration and the rapid growth of 鈥楴ew Destination鈥� southern cities; enduring cultural trends of the cowboy, southern music, plantation fashion and the Confederate flag; and the role of myth, memory, and memorialisation in promoting ideas about southern distinctiveness, slavery, and the Civil War.
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Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
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This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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