Publication

1977 - University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Language

English

Word Count

73,000 words, Guess

Page Count

292 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number76013181
  • Goodreads3892049
  • LibraryThing1039421

Classifications

  • DDC028.1
  • LCCZ1035.A1 D673 1977b

Description

Downs uses great books to write the cultural history of society. His thesis is that the economic, social, and political behavior of a region, a nation, or even the world is shaped largely by the printed word. Concentrating on twenty-five publications from John Smith's General History of Virginia (1624) to C. Vann Woodward's Origins of the New South (1951), he analyzes the impact of written history and sociology on the intellectual and social life of the South. - Publisher.

Description

Using twenty-five specific works published between 1624 and 1951, the author analyzes the impact of written history and sociology on the intellectual and social life of the South.

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Other Editions

  • Books that changed the SouthHardcoverUniversity of North Carolina Press1977-01-01

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