The scourges of the South? : essays on 'The Sickly South' in history, literature, and popular culture / edited by Thomas AErvold Bjerre and Beata Zawadka.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

AErvold Bjerre, Thomas, editor.

Zawadka, Beata, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Malaria--United States--History--19th century.

Malaria.

Mosquitoes as carriers of disease--United States--History--19th century.

Mosquitoes as carriers of disease.

Soldiers--Diseases--Confederate States of America--History--19th century.

Soldiers.

Soldiers--Diseases--United States--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, eleven scholars ""take their stand"" on the controversial issue of disease as it occurs in the context of the American South. Playing on the popular vision of the South as an ill region on several levels, the European and American contributors interpret various aspects of the regional ""sickly"" culture as not so much southern ""problems"", but, rather, southern opportunities, or else, springboards to yet another of the South's cultural revitalizations, ""health"". As Thomas A Ervold Bjerre and Beata Zawadka note in their introduction, the so-called ""Healthy South"" has never be

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART II; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebary, viewed October 31, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6988-0

OCLC:

897775501