Bibliograph

South to America, a journey below the Mason-Dixon to understand the soul of a nation, Imani Perry

Type

Label

South to America, a journey below the Mason-Dixon to understand the soul of a nation, Imani Perry

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

South to America

Medium

large print

Oclc number

1294314382

Responsibility statement

Imani Perry

Sub title

a journey below the Mason-Dixon to understand the soul of a nation

Summary

"An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South--and a revelatory argument for why you must understand the South in order to understand America"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

I. Origin stories: An errand into wilderness : Appalachia ; Mother country : Virginia ; Animated roulette : Louisville ; Mary's land : Annapolis and the Caves ; Ironic capital : Washington, DC -- II. The solidified South: The clearing : Upper Alabama ; Tobacco Road in the Bible Belt : North Carolina ; King of the South : Atlanta ; More than a Memorial : Birmingham ; Pearls before swine : Princeton to Nashville ; When Beale Street talks : Memphis ; Soul of the South : the Black Belt -- III. Water people: Home of the flying Africans : the low country ; Pistoles and flamboyán : Florida ; Immobile women : Mobile ; Magnolia Graves and Easter Lilies : New Orleans ; Paraíso : the Bahamas and Havana

Target audience

adult

Classification