Day, Richard;Cleveland, Roger;Hyndman, June O.;Offutt, Don C.
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Journal of Negro Education; Winter2013, Vol. 82 Issue 1, p35-46, 12p
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Hillbilly : A Cultural History of an American Icon
Anthony Harkins;Anthony Harkins
In this pioneering work of cultural history, historian Anthony Harkins argues that the...
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Hillbilly : A Cultural History of an American Icon
2004
In this pioneering work of cultural history, historian Anthony Harkins argues that the hillbilly-in his various guises of'briar hopper,''brush ape,''ridge runner,'and'white trash'-has been viewed by mainstream Americans simultaneously as a violent degenerate who threatens the modern order and as a keeper of traditional values of family, home, and physical production, and thus symbolic of a nostalgic past free of the problems of contemporary life.'Hillbilly'signifies both rugged individualism and stubborn backwardness, strong family and kin networks but also inbreeding and bloody feuds. Spanning film, literature, and the entire expanse of American popular culture, from D. W. Griffith to hillbilly music to the Internet, Harkins illustrates how the image of the hillbilly has consistently served as both a marker of social derision and regional pride. He traces the corresponding changes in representations of the hillbilly from late-nineteenth century America, through the great Depression, the mass migrations of Southern Appalachians in the 1940s and 1950s, the War on Poverty in the mid 1960s, and to the present day. Harkins also argues that images of hillbillies have played a critical role in the construction of whiteness and modernity in twentieth century America. Richly illustrated with dozens of photographs, drawings, and film and television stills, this unique book stands as a testament to the enduring place of the hillbilly in the American imagination. Hillbilly received an Honorable Mention, John G . Cawelti Book Award of the American Culture Association.
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Group identity--United States - White people--Race identity--United States - Mountain people--United States--Public opinion - Mountain people in popular culture--United States - White people in popular culture--United States - Popular culture--United States - White people--United States--Public opinion - Public opinion--United StatesContent provider:
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Great Lives From History : American Women
Trigg, Mary K.;Trigg, Mary K.
Great Lives from History: American Women covers prominent individuals from colonial ti...
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Great Lives From History : American Women
2016
Great Lives from History: American Women covers prominent individuals from colonial times through the present offering a fascinating perspective on important women from U.S. history.
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Women--United States--BiographyContent provider:
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This Indian Country : American Indian Activists and the Place They Made
Frederick Hoxie;Frederick Hoxie
Frederick E. Hoxie, one of our most prominent and celebrated academic historians of Na...
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This Indian Country : American Indian Activists and the Place They Made
2012
Frederick E. Hoxie, one of our most prominent and celebrated academic historians of Native American history, has for years asked his undergraduate students at the beginning of each semester to write down the names of three American Indians. Almost without exception, year after year, the names are Geronimo, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. The general conclusion is inescapable: Most Americans instinctively view Indians as people of the past who occupy a position outside the central narrative of American history. These three individuals were warriors, men who fought violently against American expansion, lost, and died. It's taken as given that Native history has no particular relationship to what is conventionally presented as the story of America. Indians had a history too; but theirs was short and sad, and it ended a long time ago. In This Indian Country, Hoxie has created a bold and sweeping counter-narrative to our conventional understanding. Native American history, he argues, is also a story of political activism, its victories hard-won in courts and campaigns rather than on the battlefield. For more than two hundred years, Indian activists—some famous, many unknown beyond their own communities—have sought to bridge the distance between indigenous cultures and the republican democracy of the United States through legal and political debate. Over time their struggle defined a new language of “Indian rights” and created a vision of American Indian identity. In the process, they entered a dialogue with other activist movements, from African American civil rights to women's rights and other progressive organizations. Hoxie weaves a powerful narrative that connects the individual to the tribe, the tribe to the nation, and the nation to broader historical processes. He asks readers to think deeply about how a country based on the values of liberty and equality managed to adapt to the complex cultural and political demands of people who refused to be overrun or ignored. As we grapple with contemporary challenges to national institutions, from inside and outside our borders, and as we reflect on the array of shifting national and cultural identities across the globe, This Indian Country provides a context and a language for understanding our present dilemmas.
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Political activists--United States--History - Indian activists--United States--History - Indians of North America--Politics and governmentContent provider:
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The Reader's Companion to American History
Foner, Eric;Garraty, John Arthur;Society of American Historians;Foner, Eric...
Notable women in world government.
Salem Press;Salem Press
Notable women in world government.
2000
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Women in politics--Biography - Women politicians--Biography - Women heads of state--Biography - Women legislators--Biography - Women diplomats--BiographyContent provider:
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Dictionary of American History
Kutler, Stanley I.;Kutler, Stanley I.
Part of an integrated online collection of primary documents, secondary reference sour...
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Dictionary of American History
2003
Part of an integrated online collection of primary documents, secondary reference sources, and journal articles covering all areas of U.S. history from pre-colonial times to the present day.
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The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature
William L. Andrews;Frances Smith Foster;Trudier Harris;William L. Andrews;F...
This abridgement of The Oxford Companion to African American Literature will make the ...
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The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature
2001
This abridgement of The Oxford Companion to African American Literature will make the entries of the greatest general interest available to a wider audience, providing the same calibre of scholarship and information as the original volume. The Concise collects more than 400 biographies (authors, critics, literary characters and historical figures) of both well-known figures and the lives and careers of writers not found in other reference works. The abridgement also includes the 150 plot summaries of major works. The editors briefly update the biographic details for author entries to include mention of major new works, death dates, and awards since the Companion's 1997 publication. A revised introduction, contributors list, subject index, cross-references, and updated bibliographical notes are also included. The volume reprints in its entirety the five-part fifteen page essay,'Literary History', capturing the full sweep of African American writing in the U.S. from the colonial and early national eras to the present day.
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African Americans in literature--Encyclopedias - American literature--African American authors--EncyclopediasContent provider:
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The History of Southern Drama
Charles S. Watson;Charles S. Watson
Mention southern drama at a cocktail party or in an American literature survey, and yo...
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The History of Southern Drama
1997
Mention southern drama at a cocktail party or in an American literature survey, and you may hear cries for'Stella!'or laments for'gentleman callers.'Yet southern drama depends on much more than a menagerie of highly strung spinsters and steel magnolias.Charles Watson explores this field from its eighteenth- and nineteenth-century roots through the southern Literary Renaissance and Tennessee Williams's triumphs to the plays of Horton Foote, winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize. Such well known modern figures as Lillian Hellman and DuBose Heyward earn fresh looks, as does Tennessee Williams's changing depiction of the South—from sensitive analysis to outraged indictment—in response to the Civil Rights Movement.Watson links the work of the early Charleston dramatists and of Espy Williams, first modern dramatist of the South, to later twentieth-century drama. Strong heroines in plays of the Confederacy foreshadow the spunk of Tennessee Williams's Amanda Wingfield. Claiming that Beth Henley matches the satirical brilliance of Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor, Watson connects her zany humor to 1840s New Orleans farces.With this work, Watson has at last answered the call for a single-volume, comprehensive history of the South's dramatic literature. With fascinating detail and seasoned perception, he reveals the rich heritage of southern drama.
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American drama--Southern States--History and criticismContent provider:
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JOURNAL OF APPALACHIAN STUDIES ANNUAL BIBLIOGRAPHY, 2011.
Academic Journal
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Journal of Appalachian Studies. Spring/Fall2012, Vol. 18 Issue 1/2, p244-300. 57p.
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Academic Journal
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Journal of Appalachian Studies. Spring/Fall2012, Vol. 18 Issue 1/2, p244-300. 57p.
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Biographical Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court: The Lives and Legal Philosophies of the Justices.
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Biographical Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court: The Lives 2006, p1-620, 620p
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Urofsky, Melvin I.
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Biographical Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court: The Lives 2006, p1-620, 620p
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100 Americans Making Constitutional History: A Biographical History.
Book
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100 Americans Making Constitutional History: A Biographical History; 2004, p1-218, 218p
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Urofsky, Melvin I.
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100 Americans Making Constitutional History: A Biographical History; 2004, p1-218, 218p
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Contemporary Architects.
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Contemporary Architects (9781349041862); 1980, p1-922, 922p
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Emanuel, Muriel
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Contemporary Architects (9781349041862); 1980, p1-922, 922p
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