Southern History Series: Robert Lewis Dabney On Northern Conservatism (1897)
“Conservatism” in the United States is Northern conservatism. Southern conservatism was a very different animal. Unfortunately, it has all but vanished
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Southern History Series: French Regrets
In the aftermath of the War Between the States, the French came to regret their decision not to intervene and save Western civilization from the excesses of liberalism
Southern History Series: A 1950s View of the Southern Plantation System
A less hysterical age looks back more objectively at the plantation system of the Old South
Southern History Series: Review: Rhett: The Turbulent Life and Times of a Fire-Eater
A book review of William C. Davis’s book Rhett: The Turbulent Life and Times of a Fire-Eater
Southern History Series: Jefferson Davis’s Farewell Speech To the U.S. Senate
Mississippi seceded from the Union because it disagreed with the position of the equality of the races
Southern History Series: Alexander Stephens’ Virginia Convention Speech
Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens addresses the Virginia convention to argue for secession
Southern History Series: Libertas: Identitarian Liberty
We should reject universalist conservative and lolbertarian conceptions of “liberty” in favor of a particular sense of liberty embedded in time, culture, identity, history and place
Southern History Series: Liberty: Its True Meaning In Tidewater
In Tidewater, the meaning of liberty was being “unbound,” or having the economic independence as a Southern gentleman to enjoy a life of leisure while cultivating virtue, refinement and engaging in public service
National Review: The Miracle of Industrialization
What caused the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain?
Axios: The “Mystery” of Sluggish Wages
A pretty portrait of the best economy ever
Southern History Series: Founding Deep South
In 1670 and 1671, the founding fathers of the Deep South arrived from the Caribbean and dropped anchor off the coast of what is now Charleston
Southern History Series: Liberty: Its True Meaning In Carolina
In the Deep South, the meaning of liberty was economic prosperity and growth
Identity Dixie: Easy Mode Capitalism Part 1
Fulwar Skipworth’s take on the rise of finance capitalism
Southern History Series: Southern Civilization; or, The Norman in America
What is real and authentic Southern conservatism? It has nothing whatsoever in common with “mainstream conservatism”
David French: Dealing With The Shock of an Evangelical Terrorist
Boomer Judeo-Christianity is having an increasingly difficult time reproducing itself
Southern History Series: Born Fighting: The Scots-Irish
Documentary: Jim Webb’s Born Fighting: The Scots-Irish
Southern History Series: Cyrus Scofield and Dispensationalism
How was Judeo-Christian Zionism transplanted to Dixie during the poverty of the New South?
Southern History Series: Review: Alabama In The Twentieth Century (Economy)
A book review of Wayne Flynt’s Alabama In The Twentieth Century
Southern History Series: Review: Alabama: The History of a Deep South State (1920-1993)
From sharecropping to space in a generation
Southern History Series: Review: Alabama: The History of a Deep South State (1865-1920)
From Confederate Alabama to Colonial Alabama
Southern History Series: Review: Alabama: The History of a Deep South State (Until 1861)
Jeffersonianism retarded Alabama’s economic development
Southern History Month 2019: John Wilkes Booth Assassinates Abraham Lincoln
Why did John Wilkes Booth assassinate President Abraham Lincoln in 1865?
Southern History Month 2019: Swallowing The Dog
In the aftermath of the War Between the States, ex-Confederate soldiers were forced to “swallow the dog”
Southern History Month 2019: Review: The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Agriculture & Industry
A book review of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Agriculture & Industry
Southern History Month 2019: Review: Michael Lind’s Land of Promise
A book review of Michael Lind’s Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States
Southern History Month 2019: Review: C. Vann Woodward’s Origins of the New South, 1877-1913
A book review of C. Vann Woodward’s Origins of the New South, 1877-1913
Southern History Month 2019: Liberty: Its True Meaning In The Backcountry
In the Backcountry, the meaning of liberty was symbolized by the rattlesnake. It meant leave me alone
Southern History Month 2019: The Impoverishment of Appalachia
In the antebellum era, Appalachia had an economy on par with the rest of the South, but after the War Between the States it was ruthlessly exploited by Northern capitalists
Southern History Month 2019: Central Appalachia’s Extractive Economy
How Central Appalachia was ravaged, exploited and underdeveloped by free-market capitalism
Southern History Month 2019: Southern Manufacturing Job Losses Since WTO and NAFTA
The economic impact of free-trade on Southern manufacturing since the passage of NAFTA and the WTO
Travelogue: Journey To Excelsior Springs
How our trip to see the home of Jesse James was cut short
Southern History Month 2019: Little Dixie
The Missouri River Valley was settled by Southerners like Jesse James who was the first to “Secure the Bag”