Rethinking the South: Essays in Southern Intellectual History
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Bringing together Michael O'Brien's pathbreaking essays on the American South, this book examines the persistence and vitality of southern intellectual history from the early nineteenth century to the... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801836174
ISBN13:9780801836176
Release Date:July 1988
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:271 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
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A Historic Tour of the Mind of the South
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"Rethinking the South" is a splendid collection of essays by Michael O'Brien looking at the intellectual history of the South. Unlike many scholars, O'Brien does not limit himself to either the Old South or the post-bellum period. O'Brien covers the South from 1800 to the modern age so specialists of a particular period may be less than satisfied with this book. O'Brien is at his best when he looks at individuals and, for all his strengths as an intellectual historian, one can not help but think he missed his calling. No way around it; O'Brien has a knock for biography and looking at the minds of certain individuals. He does that here with excellent sketches of Hugh Legare (who O'Brien did write a biography of) and C. Vann Woodward; a solid look at Edwin Mims; and a blistering look at W.J.Cash that simply fails to do justice to the man and his pivotal "The Mind of the South." Despite the poor essay on Cash (and to his credit, O'Brien seems to recognize the weakness of that piece), "Rethinking the South" is a wonderful contribution to American intellectual history. Even better, this collection of essays ranks as some of the most readable work of intellectual history I have read in way too long.
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