The Population of the South

<p>The expression the New South was introduced by Henry Grady editor of the Atlanta Constitution to a New York audience in 1886; every generation of writers since has used the term. The southern population unique in its socioeconomic and cultural characteristics has always been a topic of major interest with U.S. demographers.</p> <p>The articles in this book the majority of which were originally presented at the Southern Regional Demographic Group meeting in 1976 deal with fertility mortality migration and the factors that influence these components. A number of the contributors trace patterns of demographic change in the South showing convergence with the rest of the United States. Questions are raised about whether the convergence represents a permanent trend-possibly due to increased communication-or whether further divergence may be expected in the future.</p> <p>The contributors include Dudley L. Poston Jr. William J. Serow Robert H. Weller Ronald R. Rindfuss Harry M. Rosenberg Drusilla Burnham David F. Sly Omer R. Galle Robert N. Stern Joachim Singelmann Susan E. Clarke and George C. Myers.</p>