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Autore |
Flynt Wayne <1940-> |
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Titolo |
Alabama in the twentieth century [[electronic resource] /] / Wayne Flynt |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2004 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (621 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
Alabama History 20th century |
Alabama Civilization 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [545]-578) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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In the beginning : the 1901 constitution -- Every man for himself : politics, Alabama style -- Selling Alabama : the economy -- Life from the bottom up : society -- Teaching the people : education -- On and off the pedestal : women -- Counting behind white folks : African Americans -- Fighting mad : Alabamians at war -- Beyond the game : the social significance of sports -- What would Jesus do? religion -- Plain and fancy : folk and elite culture. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An authoritative popular history that places the state in regional and national context. Alabama is a state full of contrasts. On the one hand, it has elected the lowest number of women to the state legislature of any state in the union; yet according to historians it produced two of the ten most important American women of the 20th century-Helen Keller and Rosa Parks. Its people are fanatically devoted to conservative religious values; yet they openly idolize tarnished football programs as the source of their heroes. Citizens who are puzzled by Alabama's maddening |
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