The Burden of Southern History Author:C. Vann Woodward While America, or at least the North, has enjoyed a history of virtually unbroken success, the South has known a far different past: that of defeat, humiliation and guilt. Today, as our national self-image of omnipotence and innocence has begun to crumble before the fierce pressure of events, the South's peculiar history and its effects have ta... more »ken on a vivid relevance.« less