Memphis and the Paradox of PlaceCelebrated as the home of the blues and the birthplace of rock and roll, Memphis, Tennessee, is where Elvis Presley, B. B. King, Johnny Cash, and other musical legends got their starts. It is also a place of conflict and tragedy - the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 assassination - and a city typically marginalized by scholars and underest... |
Contents
GLOBALIZATION THE SOUTH | 1 |
NEITHER OLD SOUTH NOR NEW SOUTH | 46 |
URBAN SPACE PLACE | 100 |
COTTON FIELDS CARGO PLANES BIOTECNOLOGY | 137 |
GLOBALIZATION POPULAR CULTURE | 199 |
GENDER RACE RITUAL SOCIAL POWER | 257 |
PLACE MATTERS | 319 |
NOTES | 339 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 376 |
Index | 425 |
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