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Boles, John Bruce was born on October 20, 1943 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Billie and Mary Boles.
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Incorporating the enormous amount of very sophisticated revisionist scholarship that has appeared over the past 25 years, this book provides a consistent, overall reinterpretation of southern history — from Reconstruction to the present (1997) — offering a less fact-filled, more narrative and more interpretative approach that expands the concept of southern history both chronologically and geographically. Reflects the author's first-hand familiarity with the newest scholarship — as the editor of the Journal of Southern History and co-editor of a major study of southern historiography, Interpreting Southern History. Explains why things happened the way they did rather than just telling what happened. Tells more about the entire South — not just the eastern seaboard. Introduces and explores new research on topics such as women's history, the rise of sharecropping, the cause of Populism, and the impact of World War II. Features better, more extensive coverage of blacks and women than earlier histories of the South. Offers insights gained by what is now called a “gendered analysis.” Explores southern environmental history — including flora and fauna, pesticides and pollution, and attempts to shape the landscape. Discusses the recent South (politics, urban and economic growth, cultural change) through the summer of 1997 — drawing on the newest monographic, periodical, and newspaper documentation. For anyone interested in the history of the South or Southern civilization.
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Incorporating the enormous amount of very sophisticated revisionist scholarship that has appeared over the past 25 years, this book provides a consistent, overall reinterpretation of southern history — pre-1607 to the end of the Civil War — offering a less fact-filled, more narrative and more interpretative approach that expands the concept of southern history both chronologically and geographically. Reflects the author's first-hand familiarity with the newest scholarship — as the editor of the Journal of Southern History and co-editor of a major study of southern historiography, Interpreting Southern History. Explains why things happened the way they did rather than just telling what happened. Tells more about the entire South — not just the eastern seaboard. Features better, more extensive coverage of Indians, blacks, and women than earlier histories of the South. Offers insights gained by what is now called a “gendered analysis.” Introduces and explores new research on topics such as slavery and women's history. For anyone interested in the history of the South or Southern civilization.
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Drawing upon the religious writings of southern evangelicals, John Boles asserts that the extraordinary crowds and miraculous transformations that distinguished the South's First Great Awakening were not simply instances of emotional excess but the expression of widespread and complex attitudes toward God. Converted southerners were starkly individualistic, interested more in gaining personal salvation in a hopelessly evil world than in improving society. As Boles shows in this landmark study, the effect of the Revival was to throw over the region a conservative cast that remains dominant in contemporary southern thought and life.
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This interpretation of the black experience in the South revealing emphasizes the evolution of slavery over time and the emergence of a rich, hybrid African American culture. From the incisive discussion on the origins of slavery in the Chesapeake colonies, John Boles embarks on an interpretation of a vast body of demographic, anthropological, and comparative scholarship to explore the character of black bondage in the American South. On such diverse issues as black population growth, the strength of the slave family, the efficiency and profitability of slavery, the diet and health care of bondsmen, the maturation of slave culture, the varieties of slave resistance, and the participation of blacks in the Civil War, Black Southerners provides a balanced and judicious treatment.
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This is a gracefully written narrative of the entire sweep of southern history, from the first settlement by Native Americans through the Civil War. The South Through Time is the most up-to-date, analytical, and stylishly written history of the region available on the market. Comprehensive, interpretive, and inclusive, with much attention given to politics, society, economics, culture, religion, women, and blacks, it offers a discussion of regional variation within the South and broadens its coverage beyond the traditional emphasis on the Atlantic seaboard states. Its comprehensive coverage of the history of the Southern U.S. makes this an appropriate reference work for writers and researchers.
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Incorporating the enormous amount of very sophisticated revisionist scholarship that has appeared over the past 25 years, this book provides a consistent, overall reinterpretation of southern history — pre-1607 to the end of the Civil War — offering a less fact-filled, more narrative and more interpretative approach that expands the concept of southern history both chronologically and geographically. Reflects the author's first-hand familiarity with the newest scholarship — as the editor of the Journal of Southern History and co-editor of a major study of southern historiography, Interpreting Southern History. Explains why things happened the way they did rather than just telling what happened. Tells more about the entire South — not just the eastern seaboard. Features better, more extensive coverage of Indians, blacks, and women than earlier histories of the South. Offers insights gained by what is now called a “gendered analysis.” Introduces and explores new research on topics such as slavery and women's history. For anyone interested in the history of the South or Southern civilization.
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(Incorporating the enormous amount of very sophisticated r...)
Incorporating the enormous amount of very sophisticated revisionist scholarship that has appeared over the past 25 years, this book provides a consistent, overall reinterpretation of southern history — pre-1607 to the end of the Civil War — offering a less fact-filled, more narrative and more interpretative approach that expands the concept of southern history both chronologically and geographically. Reflects the author's first-hand familiarity with the newest scholarship — as the editor of the Journal of Southern History and co-editor of a major study of southern historiography, Interpreting Southern History. Explains why things happened the way they did rather than just telling what happened. Tells more about the entire South — not just the eastern seaboard. Features better, more extensive coverage of Indians, blacks, and women than earlier histories of the South. Offers insights gained by what is now called a “gendered analysis.” Introduces and explores new research on topics such as slavery and women's history. For anyone interested in the history of the South or Southern civilization.
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Much that is commonly accepted about slavery and religion in the Old South is challenged in this significant book. The eight essays included here show that throughout the antebellum period, southern whites and blacks worshipped together, heard the same sermons, took communion and were baptized together, were subject to the same church discipline, and were buried in the same cemeteries. What was the black perception of white-controlled religious ceremonies? How did whites reconcile their faith with their racism? Why did freedmen, as soon as possible after the Civil War, withdraw from the biracial churches and establish black denominations? This book is essential reading for historians of religion, the South, and the Afro-American experience.
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This is a gracefully written narrative of southern history, from Reconstruction to the present. The South Through Time is the most up-to-date, analytical, and stylishly written history of the region available on the market. Comprehensive, interpretive, and inclusive, with much attention given to politics, society, economics, culture, religion, women, and blacks, it offers a discussion of regional variation within the South and broadens its coverage beyond the traditional emphasis on the Atlantic seaboard states. Its comprehensive coverage of the history of the Southern U.S. makes this an appropriate reference work for writers and researchers.
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Boles, John Bruce was born on October 20, 1943 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Billie and Mary Boles.
Bachelor, Rice U., 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1969.
Assistant professor, Towson State University, Baltimore, 1969-1972; associate professor, Towson State University, Baltimore, 1972-1974; professor, Towson State University, Baltimore, 1974-1978; associate professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1978-1980; professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1980-1981; professor, Rice U., Houston, since 1981; Cline professor of history, Rice U., Houston, since 1991. Visiting associate professor Rice U., 1977-1978.
(Incorporating the enormous amount of very sophisticated r...)
(Incorporating the enormous amount of very sophisticated r...)
(Incorporating the enormous amount of very sophisticated r...)
(Incorporating the enormous amount of very sophisticated r...)
(Drawing upon the religious writings of southern evangelic...)
(This interpretation of the black experience in the South ...)
( This is a gracefully written narrative of the entire s...)
(Much that is commonly accepted about slavery and religion...)
( This is a gracefully written narrative of southern his...)
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Member Southern History Association (executive county, managing editor Journal Southern History).
Married Nancy Gaebler, September 2, 1967. Children: David Christopher, Matthew Thomas.