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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815196503321

Autore

McDonald Robin <1951->

Titolo

Visions of the Black Belt : a cultural survey of the heart of Alabama / / Robin McDonald, photographs and descriptive captions ; Valerie Pope Burnes, introductory texts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : The University of Alabama Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8173-8879-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Classificazione

PHO023040ARC014000HIS036120

Disciplina

976.1

Soggetti

Historic buildings - Alabama

Historic buildings - Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.)

Alabama Civilization

Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.) Civilization

Alabama Social life and customs

Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.) Social life and customs

Alabama History, Local

Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.) History, Local

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; A Short History of the Black Belt; Icons & Archetypes; Talk of the Towns; Houses & Homes; The Living & the Dead; Words & Music; Arts & Crafts; Food & Farming; Promise & Progress; Appendix: People & Places; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<div>Writer and photographer <b>Robin McDonald</b> is the author of <i>Heart of a Small Town: Photographs of Alabama Towns</i>. <b>Valerie Pope Burnes</b> is an assistant professor of history and former director of the Center for the Study of the Black Belt at the University of West Alabama. <br></div>