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Look away! : the U.S. South in New World studies /

This title considers the U.S South in relation to Latin America and the Caribbean. Given that some of the characteristics that mark the South as exceptional within the U.S.A, including slave trade and a military defeat, are common to the Americas, postcolonial studies are the best perspective from w...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Smith, Jon, 1963-, Cohn, Deborah N., 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.
Series:New Americanists.
Subjects:
Southern States > Study and teaching.
Southern States > Historiography.
Latin America > Study and teaching.
Latin America > Historiography.
Caribbean Area > Study and teaching.
Caribbean Area > Historiography.
Regionalism > Southern States.
Regionalism > Latin America.
Regionalism > Caribbean Area.
Literatur.
USA > Südstaaten.
Lateinamerika.
Online Access:Table of contents
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Summary:This title considers the U.S South in relation to Latin America and the Caribbean. Given that some of the characteristics that mark the South as exceptional within the U.S.A, including slave trade and a military defeat, are common to the Americas, postcolonial studies are the best perspective from which to comprehend the U.S South.
Physical Description:xii, 521 pages ; 25 cm.
Also issued online.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:082233304X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780822333043 (cloth : alk. paper)
0822333163 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780822333166 (pbk. : alk. paper)