Contents // Consultants ix Foreword xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction XV Editors’ Note xxi Agriculture I Art and Architecture 51 Black Life 131 Education 233 Environment 31 I Ethnic Life 397 // Folklife 447 Geography 529 History and Manners 579 Industry 71 I Language 757 Law 793 Literature 835 Media 905 Music 981 Mythic South 1093 Politics 1147 // Recreation 1203 Religion 1265 // Science and Medicine 1333 Social Class 1379 Urbanization 1431 Violence 1469 Women’s Life 1515 Index of Contributors 1591 General Index 1595 Picture Credits 1629