Caribbean and Southern: Transnational Perspectives on the U.S. South. Edited by Helen A. Regis. Southern Anthropological Society Proceedings, No. 38. (Athens and London: University of Georgia Press, c. 2006. Pp. [x], 154. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 978-0-8203-2832-4; cloth, $39.95, ISBN 978-0-8203-2831-7.)
Perhaps the most refreshing aspect of Atlantic world history is the subtle attempt by its adherents to draw the United States back into the history of the Western Hemisphere. From Frederick Jackson Turner to Eugene Genovese, scholars' previous efforts to reinforce notions of American exceptionalism have produced ahistorical narratives complete with clearly defined borders, ...