Books

One of the nation's leading scholars on the history of the American South, Dr. Ayers has authored or edited ten books. The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction (1992), a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, was named the best book on the history of American race relations and on the history of the American South.

Dr. Ayers has authored or edited ten books, including:

What Caused the Civil War? Reflections on the South and Southern History	In the Presence of Mine Enemies: War in the Heart of America	The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War—The Eve of War
American Passages: A History of the United States, Vol. 1: To 1877	The Oxford Book of the American South: Testimony, Memory, and Fiction	All Over the Map: Rethinking American Regions
The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction	Southern Crossing: A History of the American South 1877-1906	Vengeance and Justice: Crime and Punishment in the Nineteenth-Century American South