{"product_id":"the-resilience-of-southern-identity-christopher-a-cooper-9781469652160","title":"The Resilience of Southern Identity: Why the South Still Matters in the Minds of Its People","description":"The American South has experienced remarkable change over the past half century. Black voter registration has increased, the region's politics have shifted from one-party Democratic to the near-domination of the Republican Party, and in-migration has increased its population manyfold. At the same time, many outward signs of regional distinctiveness have faded--chain restaurants have replaced mom-and-pop diners, and the interstate highway system connects the region to the rest of the country. Given all of these changes, many have argued that southern identity is fading. But here, Christopher A. Cooper and H. Gibbs Knotts show how these changes have allowed for new types of southern identity to emerge. For some, identification with the South has become more about a connection to the region's folkways or to place than about policy or ideology. For others, the contemporary South is all of those things at once--a place where many modern-day southerners navigate the region's confusing and omnipresent history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRegardless of how individuals see the South, this study argues that the region's drastic political, racial, and cultural changes have not lessened the importance of southern identity but have played a key role in keeping regional identification relevant in the twenty-first century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher A. Cooper, H. Gibbs Knotts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1469652161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469652160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.47h x 7.85w x 0.41d","brand":"Christopher A. Cooper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989869396223,"sku":"9781469652160","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dcdfd272-3901-4f5b-8c72-1fbfaf06455a.jpg?v=1683301808","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-resilience-of-southern-identity-christopher-a-cooper-9781469652160","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}