The Old South (formerly HIST 360)

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3 Lecture Hour(s) 0 Lab Hour(s) This course will focus upon the social, political, cultural, and economic evolution of the Old South from the 17th century through the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. In addition, the question of Southern distinctiveness and the tension between democracy and slavery will be analyzed. Issues of race, class, gender and religion will also be central to the course’s investigation of rural and urban development in Southern society through 1877. North Carolina will be used frequently as a case in point.