In the 1880's, Southern boosters saw the growth of industry as the only means of escaping the poverty that engulfed the postbellum South. In the long run, howev

In the 1880s, Southern boosters saw the growth of industry as the only means of escaping the poverty that engulfed the postbellum South. In the long run, howeve

Southern-style politics was one of those peculiar institutions that differentiated the South from other American regions. This system—long referred to as the

Among the most prominent icons of the American south is that of the southern belle, immortalized by such figures as Scarlett O'Hara, Dolly Madison, and Lucy Pic