Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Defining the Delta
Chapter 2: A Geologist’s Perspective on the Mississippi Delta
Chapter 3: An Archaeologist’s Perspective of the Lower Mississippi Valley
Chapter 4: An Environmental Historian’s Perspective on the Mississippi Delta
Chapter 5: Landscape, Environment, and Geography of the Mississippi River Delta Region
Chapter 6: The Death-Dealing Delta
Chapter 7: Sociodemographic Snapshots of the Mississippi Delta
Chapter 8: What Is the Mississippi Delta?
Chapter 9: Politics in Black and White
Chapter 10: The Folklorist’s Delta
Chapter 11: Mississippi Moan
Chapter 12: Blues Musicians in the Mississippi Delta
Chapter 13: Mississippi Blues Tourism
Chapter 14: Contemporary Women Musicians in the Delta
Chapter 15: Heritage Tourism in the Delta
Chapter 16: What Is the Delta from a Foodways Perspective?
Chapter 17: The Literature of the Delta
Contributors
Index