Mockingbird Song Ecological Landscapes of the South

Summary: Jack Temple Kirby offers a personal and passionate recounting of the centuries-old human-nature relationship in the South. In a narrative voice marked by the intimacy and enthusiasm of a storyteller, Kirby explores all of the South's peoples and their landscapeshow humans have used, yielded, or manipulated varying environments and how they have treated forests, water, and animals. Citing history, literature, and cinematic portrayals along the way, Kirby also relates how southerners have thought about their part of Earthas a source of both sustenance and delight.

Record details

ISBN: 1469605198 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781469605197 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0807876607 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780807876602 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)
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electronic resource
Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Formatted Contents Note:	Contents; Preface; Prologue: An Orientation Mostly along St. Johns River; Chapter 1. Original Civilizations; Chapter 2. Plantation Traditions; Chapter 3. Commoners and the Commons; Chapter 4. Matanzas and Mastery; Chapter 5. Enchantment and Equilibrium; Chapter 6. Cities of Clay; Epilogue: Postmodern Landscapes; Notes; Index.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.