Race in the American South

Clive Webb and David Brown have written an admirably extensive and useful survey of the racial experience of the American South since colonial times. Judicious, up-to-date, and alert to the wider context, it will win many friends for its welcome synthesis of a daunting historiography -- Richard Carwardine, Rhodes Professor of American History, Oxford University A stunning achievement. Clive Webb and David Brown have written easily the best overview that we have of race in the American South from the origins of slavery to the present day. Their book is informed by all the latest scholarship and characterized by consistently authoritative conclusions. Indispensable for any course on southern history. -- Tony Badger, Paul Mellon Professor of American History, University of Cambridge David Brown and Clive Webb have accomplished the nearly impossible by writing a well researched and highly readable synthesis of the broad history of race in the American South. Anyone who wants to understand the links as well as the discontinuities of race in the region should begin by reading this book and consulting the superb bibliographical essay of sources the authors have assembled. -- Dan T. Carter, University of South Carolina Race in the American South takes us on a sweeping synthetic analysis of an issue central to an understanding of American history. Little that is relevant seems to have escaped the attention of the authors. -- Richard J. M. Blackett, Andrew Jackson Professor of History, Vanderbilt University Clive Webb and David Brown have written an admirably extensive and useful survey of the racial experience of the American South since colonial times. Judicious, up-to-date, and alert to the wider context, it will win many friends for its welcome synthesis of a daunting historiography A stunning achievement. Clive Webb and David Brown have written easily the best overview that we have of race in the American South from the origins of slavery to the present day. Their book is informed by all the latest scholarship and characterized by consistently authoritative conclusions. Indispensable for any course on southern history. David Brown and Clive Webb have accomplished the nearly impossible by writing a well researched and highly readable synthesis of the broad history of race in the American South. Anyone who wants to understand the links as well as the discontinuities of race in the region should begin by reading this book and consulting the superb bibliographical essay of sources the authors have assembled. Race in the American South takes us on a sweeping synthetic analysis of an issue central to an understanding of American history. Little that is relevant seems to have escaped the attention of the authors.