Where does the Old South end and the New South begin? The transition comes with Scarlet O'Hara and Margaret Mitchell's blockbuster romance Gone with the Wind. Here the ideas of the Lost Cause mythology take root, and the promise and peril of industrial capitalism take shape. Professor Sarah Churchwell joins the podcast to discuss her new book and how we all should be re-reading Mitchell's novel with today's context in mind.
Essential Reading:
Sarah Chruchwell, The Wrath to Come (2023).
Sarah Churchwell, Behold America: A History of America First and the American Dream (2018).
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