James Cobb is B. Phinizy Spaulding Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Georgia. He has written and lectured widely on the interaction of economy, society, and culture in the American South. His books include The Selling of the South: The Southern Crusade for Industrial Development, 1936-1990 (1993); The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity (1992); and Away Down South: A History of Southern Identity (2005).

Lecture topics:

• Southern Identity in Contemporary and Comparative Perspective
• Southern Economic Development Since the Civil War
• Country Music and Southern White Culture
• The Southern Roots of Rock 'n' Roll

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