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Agricultural prosperity, dramatic urban growth, racial integration, political power for African Americans: this is the South today, a world apart from its ancestor of just a generation ago, when a ruinous agricultural system, stifling race relations, cynical leadership, and a grinding poverty were most characteristic of the region. Promised Land: The South Since 1945 explains how and why these startling changes came about; how a region that led the nation in almost every negative index has come to achieve parity if not leadership in political, economic, and even moral terms. Still, Goldfield maintains, the South faces continuing challenges. Environmental pollution, urban sprawl, and socioeconomic disparities remain serious problems. Moreover, the South must contend with a more subtle threat: the erosion of its distinctive culture.
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