| Description |
1 online resource (384 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Contents; Preface; Prologue: An Orientation Mostly along St. Johns River; Chapter 1. Original Civilizations; Chapter 2. Plantation Traditions; Chapter 3. Commoners and the Commons; Chapter 4. Matanzas and Mastery; Chapter 5. Enchantment and Equilibrium; Chapter 6. Cities of Clay; Epilogue: Postmodern Landscapes; Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
Jack Temple Kirby offers a personal and passionate recounting of the centuries-old human-nature relationship in the South. In a narrative voice marked by the intimacy and enthusiasm of a storyteller, Kirby explores all of the South's peoples and their landscapeshow humans have used, yielded, or manipulated varying environments and how they have treated forests, water, and animals. Citing history, literature, and cinematic portrayals along the way, Kirby also relates how southerners have thought about their part of Earthas a source of both sustenance and delight. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-355) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human ecology -- Southern States.
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Human ecology. |
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Southern States. |
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Geographical perception -- Southern States.
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Geographical perception. |
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Landscape assessment -- Southern States.
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Landscape assessment. |
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Southern States -- Environmental conditions.
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Environmental conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780807830574 |
| ISBN |
9780807876602 (electronic book) |
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0807876607 (electronic book) |
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9781469605197 (electronic book) |
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1469605198 (electronic book) |
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0807830577 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807830574 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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