{"product_id":"9780807169575","title":"Mixing It Up: A South-Watcher's Miscellany","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs its title suggests, John Shelton Reed’s \u003ci\u003eMixing It Up\u003c\/i\u003e is a medley, a mashup of sundry writings on southern subjects. It collects essays, reviews, and op-eds; speeches and statistical reports; elegies, panegyrics, feuilletons, and rants; two interviews and a recipe (for a bourbon and barbecue sauce cocktail), written over the last half-century by one of the region’s most esteemed commentators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReed examines the South’s past, surveys its present, and ventures a few modest predictions about its future. He touches on topics including politics, speech, manners, religion, race relations, and food. He also assesses what has been written by some other observers of the South – journalists, historians, political scientists, and a politician. His focus ranges from Appalachia to New Orleans; along the way, he offers a variety of fascinating observations about changes in the region and its people – for example, southerners are now more likely to claim that they are descended from an American Indian than from a Confederate soldier. He also adds new perspectives on the South’s complex and troubled history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47042753888496,"sku":"9780807169575","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807169575_p0.jpg?v=1763743651","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807169575","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}