EH.N: Call for Contributors: The Transformations of Southern Society, 1790-1860

[Louis M. Kyriakoudes]

THE SOUTHERN INDUSTRIALIZATION PROJECT
CALL FOR ESSAYS

The Transformations of Southern Society, 1790-1860.


The Southern Industrialization Project announces a call for papers 
for the third volume in the series "New Currents in the History of 
Southern Economy and Society", to be published by the University of 
Missouri Press. This volume will be devoted to the theme: The 
Transformations of Southern Society, 1790-1860.

According to conventional wisdom, antebellum southern society was 
overwhelmingly composed of planters and their families, slaves, and 
an undifferentiated mass of poor whites. During the past few decades, 
however, historians have documented how the Old South had been much 
more diverse and articulated, both economically and socially, than 
previously believed. Moreover, recent historical literature has 
underscored the dynamic nature of southern society during the 
seventy-odd years that spanned between the founding of the federal 
state and the coming of the Civil War.

The editors seek paper proposals that explore social and economic 
transformations in the pre-1860 United States South in rural, urban, 
and or industrial contexts, broadly conceived. Essays exploring 
middle classes, black-white relations, factory operatives (either 
free or slave), or the impact of economic change on southern women 
are particularly welcome.

Interested authors are asked to submit a two-page paper proposal and 
c.v. via email to each of the three series editors by January 15, 
2008. Final papers would be due September 1, 2008. Please contact the 
editors for more information:

Susanna Delfino, University of Genoa, Italy, susanna.delfino at virgilio.it
Michele Gillespie, Wake Forest University, gillesmk at wfu.edu
Louis M. Kyriakoudes, University of Southern Mississippi, 
Louis.Kyriakoudes at usm.edu



Louis M. Kyriakoudes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of History
University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Drive #5047
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5047
Telephone: (601) 266-4700
Fax: (601) 266-4334