DOI
10.2307/2211872
Abstract
My book, The Promise of the New South, was intended as something of an experiment with narrative. While some reviewers thought the experiment worked well enough, others disagreed. In the eyes of such critics, my book was underdeveloped and noncommittal, refusing to say what it really meant and refusing to cast itself as an alternative to other interpretation. " Given these criticisms, I thought that perhaps a word of explanation would be useful, describing the intentions, if not necessarily the accomplishments, of Promise.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1995
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 1995 Southern Historical Society. This article first appeared in the Journal of Southern History: 61:3 (1980), 555-566.
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Recommended Citation
Ayers, Edward L. "Narrating the New South." Journal Of Southern History 61, no. 3 (August 1995): 555.