These essays look at southern social customs within a single city in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In particular, the volume focuses on paternal

William Frederick "Billy" Klair (1875-1937) was the undisputed czar of Lexington, Kentucky, for decades. As political boss in a mid-sized, southern city, he fac

In this ethnographic study of post-paternalist ruination and renovation, Christian Straube explores social change at the intersection of material decay and soci

This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture reflects the dramatic increase in research on the topic of gender over the past thirty years, revealing

Individual case studies explore the artisans' worlds on a more personal level, introducing us to the lives and work of such individuals as William Price Talmage