About the Author

Walter Edgar is the Claude Henry Neuffer Professor of Southern Studies, George Washington Distinguished Professor of History, and director of the Institute for Southern Studies at the University of South Carolina.

Reviews

A fine, brief history of South Carolina’s last one hundred years . . . South Carolina in the Modern Age is a well-balanced book with regard to information about cities and towns, farms and factories, and upcountry and lowcountry.—South Carolina Historical Magazine|As director of the Institute for Southern Studies at the University of South Carolina, the author employs his professional experience to observe both critically and appreciatively the course of the twentieth century in South Carolina. The result is a highly appealing, balanced, and concise survey of the state. Scholars and general readers will value both its appearance and its contents.—North Carolina Historical Review|Edgar covers the most important aspects of South Carolina’s history over the last hundred years: economics, politics, development, and social issues. . . . This history of post–Civil War South Carolina should remain one of the most essential texts to anyone’s library.—Charleston Magazine