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My Tears Spoiled My Aim: And Other Reflections on Southern Culture
With characteristic tongue-in-cheek wit, Reed tackles the questions, Just what is "the South" today? Where is it? Why are Southerners so devoted to it? Instructional maps include …
Surveying the South
Surveying the South collects some of John Shelton Reed's classic essays which offer an introduction to the sociology of the South. Beginning with the roots of regional sociology, …
William Spratling, His Life and Art
In this lavishly illustrated biography of silversmith and graphic artist William Spratling (1900--1967), Taylor D. Littleton reintroduces one of the most fascinating American …
Mixing It Up
Too often depicted as a region with a single, dominant history and a static culture, the American South actually comprises a wide range of unique places and cultures, each with its …
Kicking Back
A humorous exploration of the cultural differences between the American South and North. The book looks at subjects ranging from manners, and religion to chain-stores and the …
Southern Folk Plain and Fancy
Creating a sort of periodic table of the southern populace, Southern Folk, Plain and Fancy catalogs and describes the several social types--gentleman and lady, "lord of the lash" …
Glorious Battle
An account of how the Anglo-Catholic movement in the Victorian Church of England overcame vehement opposition to establish itself as a legitimate form of Anglicanism. It should be …
Mixing It Up
Too often depicted as a region with a single, dominant history and a static culture, the American South actually comprises a wide range of unique places and cultures, each with its …
On Barbecue
John Shelton Reed is one of today's most knowledgeable authors on the subject of barbecue. Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue, written with his wife, Dale Volberg …
Minding the South
For over three decades John Shelton Reed has been "e;minding"e; the South. He is the author or editor of thirteen books about the region. Despite his disclaimer concerning …