Origins of the New South, 1877–1913

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Origins of the New South, 1877–1913 is a landmark historical study by C. Vann Woodward that analyzes the economic, social, and political transformation of the American South in the decades following Reconstruction.

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C. The Cycles of American History
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D. A Nation in Making
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E. New South movement
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Target entity: Origins of the New South, 1877–1913
Target entity description: Origins of the New South, 1877–1913 is a landmark historical study by C. Vann Woodward that analyzes the economic, social, and political transformation of the American South in the decades following Reconstruction.

A. The Rise of the City, 1878–1898
The Rise of the City, 1878–1898 is a seminal historical study examining the rapid growth and transformative impact of urbanization in the United States during the late nineteenth century.
B. What Hath God Wrought?
"What Hath God Wrought?" is the ominous promotional tagline for the 2007 horror film *The Reaping*, hinting at a biblical-scale catastrophe.
C. The Cycles of American History
The Cycles of American History is a historical analysis book by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. that interprets U.S. history as a series of recurring political and ideological cycles.
D. A Nation in Making
A Nation in Making is the political autobiography of Indian nationalist leader Surendranath Banerjee, chronicling his role in the early Indian freedom movement and the evolution of Indian nationalism.
E. New South movement
The New South movement was a post–Civil War Southern campaign, championed by figures like Henry W. Grady, that promoted industrialization, economic modernization, and reconciliation with the North while downplaying the old plantation-based order.
F. None of above. chosen

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instanceOf	book ⓘ history book ⓘ
academicDiscipline	American studies ⓘ Southern studies ⓘ history ⓘ
analyzes	economic transformation of the American South ⓘ political transformation of the American South ⓘ social transformation of the American South ⓘ
author	C. Vann Woodward ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
describedAs	classic work of Southern historiography ⓘ landmark study of the New South ⓘ
examines	class relations in the post-Reconstruction South ⓘ continuities between Old South and New South ⓘ impact of industrial capitalism on the South ⓘ politics of disfranchisement in the South ⓘ role of elites in Southern transformation ⓘ rural poverty in the South ⓘ urbanization in the South ⓘ
focusesOn	New South movement ⓘ agrarian economy of the South ⓘ industrialization in the South ⓘ period after Reconstruction ⓘ political realignment in the South ⓘ race relations in the post-Reconstruction South ⓘ rise of Jim Crow in the South ⓘ
genre	Southern history ⓘ historical study ⓘ
hasPerspective	critical of New South ideology ⓘ revisionist view of the New South boosters ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Gilded Age ⓘ Progressive Era ⓘ
influenced	interpretations of post-Reconstruction Southern history ⓘ scholarship on the New South ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	economic history of the American South ⓘ history of the American South ⓘ political history of the American South ⓘ post-Reconstruction South ⓘ social history of the American South ⓘ
partOf	history of the American South literature ⓘ
setIn	American South ⓘ linked to: Southern United States
temporalCoverage	1877–1913 ⓘ
timeSpanEnd	1913 ⓘ
timeSpanStart	1877 ⓘ

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