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Book The Scourges of the South  Essays on    The Sickly South    in History  Literature  and Popular Culture

Download or read book The Scourges of the South Essays on The Sickly South in History Literature and Popular Culture written by Thomas Ærvold Bjerre and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, eleven scholars “take their stand” on the controversial issue of disease as it occurs in the context of the American South. Playing on the popular vision of the South as an ill region on several levels, the European and American contributors interpret various aspects of the regional “sickly” culture as not so much southern “problems”, but, rather, southern opportunities, or else, springboards to yet another of the South’s cultural revitalizations, “health”. As Thomas Ærvold Bjerre and Beata Zawadka note in their introduction, the so-called “Healthy South” has never been an easy topic for scholars dealing with the region. One reason for this is that researchers have been taught to approach so formulated a topic no further than to the point when it turns out it is a contradiction in terms, and, indeed, there is much in southern history and the present situation that justifies such an approach. This volume, however, comprises a collective effort of southernist historians, literature experts, and culture critics to transcend the “contradictory” concept of the “Healthy South,” and does so by reinventing the notion of the southern disease and, consequently, the role of the South as a “scourge” in American culture in terms of this culture’s bountiful gift.

Book Scribner s Monthly  an Illustrated Magazine for the People

Download or read book Scribner s Monthly an Illustrated Magazine for the People written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Darker Phases of the South

Download or read book Darker Phases of the South written by Frank Tannenbaum and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture

Download or read book The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture written by Martin V. Melosi and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From semitropical coastal areas to high mountain terrain, from swampy lowlands to modern cities, the environment holds a fundamental importance in shaping the character of the American South. This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture surveys the dynamic environmental forces that have shaped human culture in the region--and the ways humans have shaped their environment. Articles examine how the South's ecology, physiography, and climate have influenced southerners--not only as a daily fact of life but also as a metaphor for understanding culture and identity. This volume includes ninety-eight essays that explore--both broadly and specifically--elements of the southern environment. Thematic overviews address subjects such as plants, animals, energy use and development, and natural disasters. Shorter topical entries feature familiar species such as the alligator, the ivory-billed woodpecker, kudzu, and the mockingbird. Also covered are important individuals in southern environmental history and prominent places in the landscape, such as the South's national parks and seashores. New articles cover contemporary issues in land use and conservation, environmental protection, and the current status of the flora and fauna widely associated with the South.

Book Dangerous Places

    Book Details:
  • Author : David A. Poirier
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2000-10-30
  • ISBN : 0313001405
  • Pages : 260 pages

Download or read book Dangerous Places written by David A. Poirier and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-10-30 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeological sites often seem to be idyllic, even romantic, places where scientists recover and analyze fascinating data that can inform us of past times and the past lives of our recent historical and ancient prehistoric human forebears. Too often, however, unrecognized dangers lie within: bacterial and viral infections hidden in the soil, concealed in the animals that roam through our sites, or even lying in wait in organic remains we excavate; toxic substances produced by the historical technologies we study and that continue to poison the sites where people once worked; the bodies of people who died of historical scourges that once afflicted humanity and whose excavated mortal remains may still harbor the pathogens that killed them, dormant and lying in wait for an unsuspecting and largely no-longer immune modern population. It's enough to make an archaeologist swear off fieldwork! The truth is, however, that archaeologists need to be alerted to the dangers present in fieldwork and advised of the reasonable precautions that should be taken to insure the safest possible working environment. Dangerous Places brings together an enormous body of information regarding the threats that archaeologists face every day, and the best ways of behaving proactively to avoid or mitigate these threats.

Book The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine

Download or read book The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Southern Africa

    Book Details:
  • Author : Henry Hall (of the Royal Engineer Office, Cape Town.)
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1876
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 66 pages

Download or read book Southern Africa written by Henry Hall (of the Royal Engineer Office, Cape Town.) and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Southern Journal of Homoeopathy

Download or read book Southern Journal of Homoeopathy written by and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Southern Preacher

Download or read book The Southern Preacher written by Colin McIver and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Welfare Magazine

Download or read book The Welfare Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Welfare Magazine

Download or read book Welfare Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Southern Quarterly Review

Download or read book The Southern Quarterly Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Southern Quarterly Review

Download or read book The Southern Quarterly Review written by Daniel Kimball Whitaker and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Southern Lady s Companion

Download or read book The Southern Lady s Companion written by and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Southern Practitioner

Download or read book Southern Practitioner written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: