{"product_id":"from-tobacco-road-to-route-66-the-southern-poor-white-in-fiction-9780807873298","title":"From Tobacco Road to Route 66: The Southern Poor White in Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sylvia Jenkins Cook\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early nineteenth century, the southern poor white had a reputation for comic vulgarity and absurd violence; postbellum writers saw him as a quaint peasant; the 1920s transformed him into a revolutionary proletarian. Of the literary treatments discussed, Steinbeck's \u003ci\u003eGrapes of Wrath\u003c\/i\u003e emerges as a skillful compromise of documentary accuracy and political daring by reviving the tradition of degeneracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1976.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47599474901143,"sku":"9780807873298","price":5146.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780807873298.webp?v=1775004584","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/from-tobacco-road-to-route-66-the-southern-poor-white-in-fiction-9780807873298","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}