Myth and Southern History: The Old South

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Myth and Southern History: The Old South is written by Patrick Gerster and published by University of Illinois Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0252060245 (ISBN 10) and 9780252060243 (ISBN 13).

Many historical myths are actually false yet psychologically true. The contributors to this volume see myth and reality as complementary elements in the historical record. Myth and Southern History is as much a commentary on southern historiography as it is on the viability of myth in the historical process. Volume 2: The New South offers new perspectives on the North's role in southern mythology, the so-called Savage South, twentieth-century black and white southern women, and the "changes" that distinguish the late twentieth-century South from that of the Civil War era.