The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 2: Geography

by Richard Pillsbury

Book Overview

The location of "the South" is hardly a settled or static geographic concept. Culturally speaking, are Florida and Arkansas really part of the same region? Is Texas considered part of the South or the West? This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture grapples with the contestable issue of where the cultural South is located, both on maps and in the minds of Americans.

Richard Pillsbury's introductory essay explores the evolution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807856819
• ISBN13: 9780807856819
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"