Defining the Delta : Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Lower Mississippi River Delta /

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Inspired by the Arkansas Review's "What Is the Delta?" series of articles, Defining the Delta collects fifteen essays from scholars in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities to describe and define this important region. Here are essays examining the Delta's physical proper...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Collins, Janelle (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Deltas > Louisiana.
Mississippi River Delta (La.)
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Defining the Delta : a river, a floodplain, and geopolitical boundaries / Janelle Collins
  • 2. A geologist's perspective on the Mississippi Delta / Randel Tom Cox
  • 3. An archaeologist's perspective of the Lower Mississippi Valley / David H. Dye
  • 4. An environmental historian's perspective on the Mississippi Delta / Mikko Saikku
  • 5. Landscape, environment, and geography of the Mississippi River Delta Region / Fiona Davidson and Tom Paradise
  • 6. The death-dealing delta : a climatological viewpoint / Mary Sue Passe-Smith
  • 7. Sociodemographic snapshots of the Mississippi Delta / John J. Green, Tracy Greever-Rice, and Gary D. Glass Jr.
  • 8. What is the Mississippi Delta? A historian's perspective / Jeannie M. Whayne
  • 9. Politics in black and white : the Mississippi Delta / Seth C. McKee
  • 10. The folklorist's Delta / William Clements
  • 11. Mississippi moan : the blues music legacy of the Delta / William L. Ellis
  • 12. Blues musicians in the Mississippi Delta : a photographic essay / William Ferris
  • 13. Mississippi blues tourism : history, marketing strategies, and tourism goals / Stephen A. King
  • 14. Contemporary women musicians in the Delta / L. Dyann Arthur
  • 15. Heritage tourism in the Delta / Ruth A. Hawkins
  • 16. What is the Delta from a foodways perspective? / Jennifer Jensen Wallach
  • 17. The literature of the Delta / Lisa Hinrichsen.

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