The author is a professor of African American Studies at Princeton. She owns a PHD in history from Harvard and a law degree and a law degree from Harvard. She is a native of Birmingham. This book was just published.
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noun
- a square dance performed typically by four couples and containing five figures, each of which is a complete dance in itself.
- a piece of music for a quadrille dance.
- HISTORICALeach of four groups of riders taking part in a tournament or carousel, distinguished by a special costume or colors.
Race is at the heart of The South, and at the heart of this nation. P. xvii
Her discussion of Appalachia is by itself worth the price of the book. Poor and mostly white people. Trash people. A region of the country I have never understood. I always think of West Virginia leaving the Union opposed to slavery might have saved victory for the North.
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