Dixie's forgotten people : the South's poor whites
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Dixie's forgotten people : the South's poor whites
Indiana University Press, c2004
New ed
- : pbk
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"First edition published by Indiana University Press 1979"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-207) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"The best sort of introductory study . . . packed with enlightening information." -The Times Literary Supplement
Poor whites have been isolated from mainstream white Southern culture and have been in turn stereotyped as rednecks and Holy Rollers, discriminated against, and misunderstood. In their isolation, they have developed a unique subculture and defended it with a tenacity and pride that puzzles and confuses the larger society. Written 25 years ago, this book was one scholar's attempt to understand these people and their culture. For this new edition, Wayne Flynt has provided a new retrospective introduction and an up-to-date bibliography.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Original Edition
Introduction (2004)
1. The Invisible Poor: Toward a Definition of Southern Poor Whites
2. Dogtrots and Jack Tales: Toward a Definition of Poor White Culture
3. "Lint Heads" and "Diggers": The Forgotten People of the New South, 1865-1920
4. Progress and Poverty, Southern Style: The 1920s and 1930s
5. Southern Poverty Forgotten and Discovered-Again
6. Appalachian Spring-and Winter
7. "A time to weep, a time to laugh . . . "
Bibliography
Bibliographical Supplement (2004)
Notes
Index
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