| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 309 pages) : illustrations, maps, music |
| Contents |
Defining the Delta : a river, a floodplain, and geopolitical boundaries / Janelle Collins -- A geologist's perspective on the Mississippi Delta / Randel Tom Cox -- An archaeologist's perspective of the Lower Mississippi Valley / David H. Dye -- An environmental historian's perspective on the Mississippi Delta / Mikko Saikku -- Landscape, environment, and geography of the Mississippi River Delta Region / Fiona Davidson and Tom Paradise -- The death-dealing Delta : a climatological viewpoint / Mary Sue Passe-Smith -- Sociodemographic snapshots of the Mississippi Delta / Jogn J. Green, Tracy Greever-Rice, and Gary D. Glass Jr. -- What is the Mississippi Delta? A historian's perspective / Jeannie M. Whayne -- Politics in black and white : the Mississippi Delta / Seth C. McKee -- The folklorist's Delta / William Clements -- The Mississippi moan : the blues music legacy of the Delta / William L. Ellis -- Blues musicians in the Mississippi Delta : a photographic essay / William Ferris -- Mississippi blues tourism : history, marketing strategies, and tourism goals / Stephen A. King -- Contemporary women musicians in the Delta / L. Dyann Arthur -- Heritage tourism in the Delta / Ruth A. Hawkins -- What is the Delta from a foodways perspective? / Jennifer Jensen Wallach -- The literature of the Delta / Lisa Hinrichsen |
| Summary |
"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 properties, boundaries, and climate from a geologist, archeologist, and environmental historian. The Delta is also viewed through the lens of the social sciences and humanities - historians, folklorists, and others studying the connection between the land and its people, in particular the importance of agriculture and the culture of the area, especially music, literature, and food. Every turn of the page reveals another way of seeing the seven-state region that is bisected by and dependent on the Mississippi River, suggesting ultimately that there are myriad ways of looking at, and defining, the Delta" -- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 5, 2015) |
| Subject |
Deltas.
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deltas.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Deltas
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Economic History.
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Business & Economics.
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Mississippi River Delta (La.)
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Arkansas Delta (Ark.)
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Mississippi River.
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Louisiana -- Mississippi River Delta
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Collins, Janelle, 1960- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781610755740 |
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161075574X |
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