I have created a list of books and papers related to the economic history of the US South, accessible here.  The list is not complete, but hopefully provides a useful jumping off point and will be updated regularly.  The table includes sections on Institutions, the Colonial Era, the Antebellum South, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the New South, the Great Migration, and the Civil Rights Movement, with subtopics within each section.  

Please email me with any suggestions of papers to add.