The Whole Machinery The Rural Modern in Cultures of the U. S. South, 1890-1946 |
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| Author:
| Child, Benjamin S. |
| Series title: | The New Southern Studies Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-5600-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2019 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | AUD $106.70 |
Book Description:
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A familiar story holds that modernization radiates outward from metropolitan origins. Expanding on Walter Benjamin's notion of "die Moderne", this book explores representations of people and places, objects and occasions, that reverse that trajectory, demonstrating how modernizing agents move in a contrary direction as well.
A familiar story holds that modernization radiates outward from metropolitan origins. Expanding on Walter Benjamin's notion of "die Moderne", this book explores representations of people and places, objects and occasions, that reverse that trajectory, demonstrating how modernizing agents move in a contrary direction as well.