Southern Constitution making, examining the role of Conservative ideology in southern Redemption and the national and transnational crosscurrents that impacted this ideology using the 1874 Arkansas Constitution as a case study.
Social change in the South, efforts to attract immigrants to the South following the Civil War and what impact their cultures have had on the South.
Political change caused by the Great Depression in the South. In Arkansas, particularly the administration of Governor Futrell who chose to close public schools and stopped most government services in response to the depression.
