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<span><span>In </span><span>The American South: A History, Fifth Edition</span><span>, William J. Cooper, Jr., Thomas E. Terrill, and Christopher Childers demonstrate their belief that it is impossible to divorce the history of the South from the history of the United States. The authors' analysis underscores the complex interaction between the South as a distinct region and the South as an inescapable part of America. Cooper and Terrill show how the resulting tension has often propelled section and nation toward collision. In supporting their thesis, the authors draw on the tremendous amount of profoundly new scholarship in Southern history. Each volume includes a substantial bibliographical essay—completely updated for this edition—which provides the reader with a guide to literature on the history of the South. This first volume also includes updated chapters, tables, preface, and prologue. </span></span>

<span><span>Preface</span></span>
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<span><span>Prologue: The Enduring South</span></span>
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<span><span>List of Maps </span></span>
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<span><span>Map Essay: The Geography of the South</span></span>
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<span><span><br>Chapter 1: The Beginnings<br>Chapter 2: The Economic and Social World<br>Chapter 3: The Intellectual, Political, and Religious World<br>Chapter 4: The Revolution<br>Chapter 5: The South in the New Nation<br>Chapter 6: Republican Ascendancy<br>Chapter 7: A New Political Structure<br>Chapter 8: Plantations and Farms<br>Chapter 9: The Institution of Slavery<br>Chapter 10: The World of the Slaves<br>Chapter 11: Learning, Letters, and Religion<br>Chapter 12: The Free Social Order<br>Chapter 13: Political Parties and the Territorial Issue<br>Chapter 14: The Crisis of the Union<br>Map Essay: The Geography of the Civil War<br>Chapter 15: The Confederate Experience</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 16: After the War<br>Biographies<br>Bibliographical Essay</span></span>
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<span><span>Index</span></span>
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<span><span>About the Authors</span></span>

<span><span>William J. Cooper, Jr. is Boyd professor of History at Louisiana State University. </span></span>
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<span><span>Thomas E. Terrill is emeritus professor of History at the University of South Carolina.</span></span>
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<span><span>Christopher Childers is assistant professor of History at Pittsburg State University.</span></span>

<span><span>•The Reconstruction chapter appears in both volumes to offer greater classroom flexibility.</span></span>