
A New History of the American South
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Edward L. Ayers
To know the history of the American South, within its own context, is to come to terms with one of modern history’s most astonishing, polarizing, and illuminating stories. In these 24 lectures, you’ll relive the unforgettable drama of the South, from the rise and fall of the slave South to the making of the New South, examining the full scope of a historical epoch that still affects life in the United States today, through essential topics such as:
The Forging of the Slave South - Follow the settling of the Southern colonies and the economic conditions that made slavery a profitable business model; see how the slave economy expanded following the American Revolution
Southern Prosperity and Culture - Witness the creation of the large-scale cotton economy that emblemized the South; learn how the enslaved lived and worked and the ways in which slaves rebelled against a dehumanizing system
Breakdown of the Union - Examine the events that marked the disintegrating relations between North and South, from the emancipation of the Northern states to the divisive presidential election of 1860
Emancipation and the Experiment of Reconstruction - Relive the era of Reconstruction and the bitter conflict between the North’s efforts to remake the South and white Southerners’ actions to reassert their prewar power
Segregation and the New South - Observe how political and legal means were employed to separate the races and maintain white supremacy; explore how the New South gave rise to religious and musical expression of globe-spanning impact
In A New History of the American South, you’ll take a richly detailed excursion into the story and the enduring legacy of the South, in a historical inquiry unique in its scope. In Professor Ayers’s words, “We cannot understand the United States if we do not understand the South, which has played such an outsized role in the history of our country.”
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Outstanding primer on Southern history
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Overall a decent lecture
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Good overview of the South
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Excellent writing!
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Content is interesting, informative, and comprehensive. Author makes successful effort to be even handed. Surprisingly (for me), southern culture was more sophisticated and variegated than I previously believed.
Good information.
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You can’t stop listening
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Enthralling
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intriguing
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What Happened to the 20th Century?
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The first was that our founding ideals were and still are aspirational. We continue to struggle with universal freedoms that align with those ideals. Our Founders knew we would need to purposefully modify the Constitution based on national emotional growth; the impact of science, technology, and knowledge; and the limitations of the times within which the documents were written.
The second great reminder is that while the legacy of slavery is an issue we still deal with, the South was by no means the only contributor to the legacy – the North had its own part to play from negligence to hypocrisy to enablement.
Lastly, an underlying and unifying theme of this Great Course is that we, as a country, are persistently and unfailingly late to address issues that we know to exist. From the Founders to today, we often rely on future generations to address everyday real-world problems. If we want to close the gap between who we are and who we aspire to be, we’ll need to close the timeline between actively identifying issues and addressing those same issues – or we will purposefully regulate ourselves to perpetually falling short of our potential as a nation.
Timely and Important
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