| The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 24: Race Contributor(s): Holt, Thomas Cleveland (Editor), Green, Laurie B. (Editor), Wilson, Charles Reagan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1469607239 ISBN-13: 9781469607238 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Reference | Encyclopedias - Art | Reference |
| Dewey: 975.003 |
| LCCN: 2012473092 |
| Series: New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.41" W x 9.29" (1.03 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: There is no denying that race is a critical issue in understanding the South. However, this concluding volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture challenges previous understandings, revealing the region's rich, ever-expanding diversity and providing new explorations of race relations. In 36 thematic and 29 topical essays, contributors examine such subjects as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Japanese American incarceration in the South, relations between African Americans and Native Americans, Chinese men adopting Mexican identities, Latino religious practices, and Vietnamese life in the region. Together the essays paint a nuanced portrait of how concepts of race in the South have influenced its history, art, politics, and culture beyond the familiar binary of black and white. |
Contributor Bio(s): Holt, Thomas C.: - Thomas C. Holt is James Westfall Thompson Distinguished Service Professor of American and African American History at the University of Chicago and author of Children of Fire: A History of African Americans.Wilson, Charles Reagan: - Charles Reagan Wilson is Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Chair in History and Professor of Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. He is coeditor, with William Ferris, of the original Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.Green, Laurie B.: - Laurie B. Green is associate professor of history, women's and gender studies, and African American studies at the University of Texas at Austin and author of Battling the Plantation Mentality: Memphis and the Black Freedom Struggle.Holt, Thomas Cleveland: - Thomas C. Holt is James Westfall Thompson Distinguished Service Professor of American and African American History at the University of Chicago and author of Children of Fire: A History of African Americans. |