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Hillbilly: A Cultural History of an American Icon

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Availability:In StockContributor:Anthony HarkinsPublish date:2005-09-08Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195189506ISBN-10:195189507UPC:9780195189506Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Popular Culture, Minority Studies, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.30 x 6.16 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCPNXT483J

Hillbilly: A Cultural History of an American Icon

In this pioneering work of cultural history, historian Anthony Harkins argues that the hillbilly-in his various guises of "briar hopper," "brush ape," "ridge runner," and "white trash"-has been viewed by mainstream Americans simultaneously as a violent degenerate who threatens the modern order and as a keeper of traditional values of family, home, and physical production, and thus symbolic of a...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195189506ISBN-10:195189507UPC:9780195189506Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Popular Culture, Minority Studies, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.30 x 6.16 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCPNXT483J
Anthony Harkins is an Assistant Professor in History at Western Kentucky University.
Publisher: Oxford University Press

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