/tags/christopher-a-cooper Christopher A. Cooper en-US Copyright Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:29:30 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-03-29/why-the-south-still-matters Many have argued that as regional distinctiveness faded away, Southern identity evaporated along with it.Political science professors Christopher Cooper… Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:29:30 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-03-29/why-the-south-still-matters Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /the-state-of-things/2017-03-29/why-the-south-still-matters Many have argued that as regional distinctiveness faded away, Southern identity evaporated along with it.Political science professors Christopher Cooper… Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:29:30 GMT /the-state-of-things/2017-03-29/why-the-south-still-matters Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio