Dixie Rising: How the South is Shaping American Values, Politics, and CultureIn "one of the best portrayals of the South in years" ("Washington Post Book World"), Applebome's forays take him to catfish farms and new casinos, to country music festivals, neo-Confederate gatherings, and into the very heart of the controversy over the flying of the Confederate flag, as he separates the myths from the realities. |
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Contents
Chapter 2 | 23 |
Chapter 3 | 56 |
Chapter 4 | 89 |
Chapter 5 | 115 |
Chapter 6 | 148 |
Chapter 8 | 210 |
Chapter 9 | 237 |
Chapter 10 | 271 |
Chapter 11 | 297 |
Chapter 12 | 322 |
Afterword | 346 |
Notes on Sources 000 | 354 |
| 372 | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Dixie Rising: How the South is Shaping American Values, Politics, and Culture A harvest book |
| Author | Peter Applebome |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0156005506, 9780156005500 |
| Length | 393 pages |
| Subjects | › › › History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) Political Science / General Social Science / Sociology / General |
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