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Readings

Unit I
Unit II

Unit I: Bad Girls and Boys

 

Hewlett, J. (December 6, 2005). "Queen of the mountain bootleggers" dies at 101. Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved September 10, 2013, from: http://www.freepublic.com/focus/f-news/1534964/posts.

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Lee, D. (December 10, 2005). Bailey's death captures worldwide attention. Harlan Daily Enterprise. Retrieved September 10, 2013, from: http://www.harlandaily.com/view/full_story/1496700/article-Bailey-s-death-captures-nationwide-attention

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Morris, T. (April 26, 2008). James Dean and the curse of the Little Bastard. Firefox News. Retrieved September 10, 2013, from http://firefox.org/news/

articles/1435/1/James-Dean-and-the-curse-of-the-Little-Bastard/Page1.html

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Wolfe, T. (March, 1965). The last American hero is Junior Johnson. Yes! Esquire. Retrieved September 10, 2013, from: http://english138.web.unc.edu/files/2011/08/

The-Last-American-Hero-Is-Junior-Johnson.-Yes.pdf.

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Unit II: Hard Cars and Fast Liquor

 

DePippo, D. J. (2002). Comment: I'll take my sin taxes unwrapped and maximized, with a side of inelasticity, please. University of Richmond Law Review, 36, 543-56.

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Foxfire Staff (Eds.). (1972). Moonshining as a fine art. New York: Anchor. Retrieved from http://www.countryfarm-lifestyles.com/moonshine.html.

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Hall, R. L. (2002). Before NASCAR: The corporate and civic promotion of automobile racing in the American South. The Journal of Southern History, 68(3), 629-668.

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Moonshine runners, history, and their cars. (October, 2005). Hot Rod Magazine. Retrieved September 10, 2013, from http://www.hotrod.com/thehistoryof/

113_0510_moonshine_runners_cars_history/viewall.html.

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Pedersen, L. (1977). The randy sons of Nancy Whiskey. American Speech, 52(1/2), 112-121.

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Unit III

Unit III: Dixie Mafias--Gangstas, Southern Style

 

Cressey, P. F. (1949). Social disorganization and reorganization in Harlan County, Kentucky. American Sociological Review, 14(3), 389-394.

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Potter, G. W., & Gaines, L. K. (1992). Country comfort: Vice and corruption in rural settings. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 8(1), 36-61.

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Weisheit, R. A., & Wells, L. E. (1996). Rural crime and justice: Implications for theory and research. Crime and Delinquency, 42, 379-397.

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Wise Words

 

"Education helps one cease being intimidated by strange situations."

 

--Maya Angelou

Williams, M. L. (2008). Sin City Kentucky: Newport, Kentucky's vice heritage and its legal extinction, 1920-1991 (Master's thesis). University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.

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Zoellner, T. (2010). "He cannot get away from us": Tautologies in police chases. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 13, 205-216.

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