Many historical myths are actually false yet psychologically true. The contributors to this volume see myth and reality as complementary elements in the historical record. Myth and Southern History is as much a commentary on southern historiography as it is on the viability of myth in the historical process. Volume 2: The New South offers new perspectives on the North's role in southern mythology, the so-called Savage South, twentieth-century black and white southern women, and the "changes" that distinguish the late twentieth-century South from that of the Civil War era.
 

Patrick Gerster is a professor of history and American studies and Honors Program director at Lakewood Community College. Nicholas Cords is a professor of history at Lakewood Community College. They are coeditors of Myth and the American Experience and coauthors of Myth in American History.