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Southern Spaces
A journal about real and imagined spaces and places of the US South and their global connections

The Save All Quilt [ca. 1880]

...fabrics manufactured in New England's textile mills and shipped to southern dry-goods stores. Spartanburg County did not develop into a major textile-production center until the end of the century; this...

Shreveport, Louisiana images

...Like so many southern cities, Shreveport is trying to reinvigorate its downtown. RiverView is an ambitious project that will eventually feature an amphitheatre, decorative fountains, and boat docks. Published: 28...

Aunt Narcissa's Quilt [ca 1880]

...evenings. Women made frequent visits with relatives, sometimes for several days at a time, and they carried handwork in order to keep their hands occupied during these visits. In southern...

Paul's Crazy Quilt [ca 1875 and ca 1915]

...that emerged during the late-nineteenth century to become the most common quilting design for Southern utility quilts during the early-twentieth century. The concentric arcs of the "fans" are comfortable for...

Fort Scott newspapers

...brightest and darkest day which the people of this city ever experienced. During a year of unprecedented plenty the brawn and brain of Southern Kansas has been busy erecting the...

Self-Portrait at a Bend in the Road

...first appeared in The Northwest Review and will appear in Persons Unknown (Southern Illinois University Press, 2010, forthcoming). Published: 15 April 2010 © 2010 Jake Adam York and Southern Spaces...

Seeing Sound: Mapping Florentine Soundscapes

Presentation Question and Answer Session About the Speaker Niall Atkinson is Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Art History and the College at the University of Chicago. His publications include The Noisy...