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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784238903321

Titolo

Radicalism in the South since Reconstruction [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Chris Green, Rachel Rubin, and James Smethurst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

ISBN

1-349-53466-8

1-281-36128-3

9786611361280

0-230-60178-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GreenChris <1968->

RubinRachel <1964->

SmethurstJames Edward

Disciplina

303.48/4

Soggetti

Radicalism - Southern States - History

Social change - Southern States - History

Southern States Social conditions 1865-1945

Southern States Social conditions 1945-

Southern States Politics and government 1865-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; RADICALISM IN THE SOUTH SINCE RECONSTRUCTION: AN INTRODUCTION; ESSAYS; THE AFRO-AMERICAN COUNCIL AND ITS CHALLENGE OF LOUISIANA'S GRANDFATHER CLAUSE; ""THE FIRST ANARCHIST THAT EVER CAME TO ATLANTA"": HIRAM F. HOVER FROM NEW YORK TO THE NEW SOUTH; MOBILIZING THE RESERVE ARMY: THE COMMUNIST PARTY AND THE UNEMPLOYED IN ATLANTA, 1929-1934; AGNES ""SIS"" CUNNINGHAM AND LABOR SONGS IN THE DEPRESSION SOUTH; THE TIGHT ROPE OF DEMOCRACY: DON WEST'S CLODS OF SOUTHERN EARTH; BLACK ARTS SOUTH: RETHINKING NEW ORLEANS AND THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE KATRINA

THE GREAT ANTI-INJUNCTION STRIKE OF 1976: CONTEXT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR APPALACHIACRITIK: THE INSTITUTE OF THE BLACK WORLD (IBW), THE POLITICAL LEGACY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, AND



THE INTELLECTUAL STRUGGLE TO RETHINK AMERICA'S RACIAL MEANING; SOUTHERN THEATER FOR SOCIAL CHANGE; INTERVIEWS; BELUTHAHATCHEE BLUES: AN INTERVIEW WITH STETSON KENNEDY; ""WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME"": AN INTERVIEW WITH RAÚL SALINAS; ""THE ANTI-SLAVERY ACT OF 2002"": AN INTERVIEW WITH SI KAHN; BRIEF NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This book broadly frames the scholarly conversation about southern radicalism, putting essays covering a range of historical periods and topics in dialogue with each other so as to get a sense of the range of southern politics and history.