Download or read book The Promise of the New South written by Edward L. Ayers and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging from the Georgia coast to the Tennessee mountains, from the power brokers to tenant farmers, Ayers depicts a land of startling contrasts--a time of progess and repression, of new industries and old ways. Finalist for the 1992 Pulitzer Prize. Winner of the Prize for Best Book on American Race Relations. Photos and line drawings.