Ice Tea and Elvis

Nicholas J. Middleton (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

1999
Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Verlag)
978-0-297-81794-9 (ISBN)

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The Southern States of America, as seen through the eyes of a typical Brit. From the imported sands of Miami Beach to the antebellum mansions of Savannah, the Southern States are a breeding ground of miscegenation, racial hatred, great movies and political giants.

The Southern States of America are here seen through the eyes of a typical Brit. Nick Middleton's speciality within travel writing is his passion for the peculiar. A social geographer by profession, his interest lies in not just foreign places, but in the people that inhabit them - their lives, their loves, their work, rest and play. This book seeks to prove that even our nearest neighbours and those who supposedly speak the same language couldn't have been a richer hunting ground for the bizarre and the kitsch. From the imported sands of Miami Beach - so hot they threaten the native wildlife - to the antebellum mansions of Savannah, the Southern States of the USA are a breeding ground of miscegenation, racial hatred, great movies and political giants.

Nick Middleton was born in London. As a geographer he has travelled to more than 50 countries and teaches part-time at Oxford University. As a travel writer he has been accused of drug smuggling and spying but has never spent a night in jail. He has been fined for dropping a match in China, mugged in Moscow, conned in Casablanca and kidnapped in Outer Mongolia, but hasn't tired of t

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.7.1999
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	163 x 240 mm
Gewicht	666 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
ISBN-10	0-297-81794-9 / 0297817949
ISBN-13	978-0-297-81794-9 / 9780297817949
Zustand	Neuware