The Southern Front: History and Politics in the Cultural War

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Marxist historian Eugene Genovese has had a profound influence on the fields of Southern history and black studies and has made a significant contribution to intellectual exchange. In this book, Genovese offers a series of engaging and highly provocative reflections on history--particularly Southern history--and politics in the cultural war. Contents Preface In Lieu of an Introduction: Personal Reflections 1 Marxism, Christianity, and Bias in the Study of Southern Slave Society 2 Hans Rosenberg at Brooklyn College Representative Carolinians 3 James Johnston Pettigrew 4 James Henley Thornwell 5 Thomas B. Chaplin Southern Slave Society 6 The Culture of the Old South 7 Proslavery in Transatlantic Conservative Thought 8 Higher Education in the Defense of Slave Society 9 The Poet as Social Critic 10 The Slaveholders' Contribution to the American Constitution Religion 11 Christendom under Siege 12 Religious Foundations of the Constitution 13 Abolitionism's Black Prophets 14 The Theology of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Its Political Implications 15 Does God Matter? Culture and Politics 16 Herbert Aptheker 17 Black Studies 18 Eugene Rivers's Challenge 19 John Shelton Reed 20 The Voice of Southern Conservatism 21 Southern Conservatism at the Political Crossroads 22 The Southern Tradition and the Black Experience Epilogue 23 The Question Bibliographical Notes Index