Shadow and shelter : the swamp in southern culture /
To early European colonists the swamp was a place linked with sin and impurity; to the plantation elite, it was a practical obstacle to agricultural development. For the many excluded from the white southern aristocracy--African Americans, Native Americans, Acadians, and poor, rural whites--the swam...
| Основен автор: | Wilson, Anthony, 1975- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
2006.
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| Издание: | 1st ed. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=185932 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Shadow and shelter. |
| Резюме: |
To early European colonists the swamp was a place linked with sin and impurity; to the plantation elite, it was a practical obstacle to agricultural development. For the many excluded from the white southern aristocracy--African Americans, Native Americans, Acadians, and poor, rural whites--the swamp meant something very different, providing shelter and sustenance and offering separation and protection from the dominant plantation culture. Shadow and Shelter: The Swamp in Southern Culture explores the interplay of contradictory but equally pre-vailing metaphors: first, the swamp as the undersi. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxv, 208 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-203) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781429460576 1429460571 9781604730692 1604730692 |