Good point. That suggests that maybe there is something distinctive about southern rural culture that led it to dominate over places with larger numbers. Though I’d want to see more about those actual numbers.
I suppose one hypothesis about why southern rural culture became the rural culture is that the regional rivalry between the south …
Good point. That suggests that maybe there is something distinctive about southern rural culture that led it to dominate over places with larger numbers. Though I’d want to see more about those actual numbers.
I suppose one hypothesis about why southern rural culture became the rural culture is that the regional rivalry between the south and New England often focused on the rural vs township divide. If rural areas in the Midwest felt closer culturally to their cities, then they might not have had as strongly distinctive a rural culture.
But I’m an outsider to this and am likely missing some important cultural features.
Good point. That suggests that maybe there is something distinctive about southern rural culture that led it to dominate over places with larger numbers. Though I’d want to see more about those actual numbers.
I suppose one hypothesis about why southern rural culture became the rural culture is that the regional rivalry between the south and New England often focused on the rural vs township divide. If rural areas in the Midwest felt closer culturally to their cities, then they might not have had as strongly distinctive a rural culture.
But I’m an outsider to this and am likely missing some important cultural features.