The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Robert Bor vividly illuminating the role of

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The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Robert Bor vividly illuminating the role ofFrom the Potomac to the Gulf, artists were creating in the South even before it was recognized as a region. The South has contributed to America's cultural heritage with works as diverse as Benjamin Henry Latrobe's architectural plans for the nation's Capitol, the wares of the Newcomb Pottery, and Richard Clague's tonalist Louisiana bayou scenes. This comprehensive volume shows how, through the decades and centuries, the art of the South expanded from