02646nam 2200553 a 450 991045447040332120200520144314.00-8173-8186-4(CKB)1000000000774940(EBL)454543(OCoLC)425968232(SSID)ssj0000100786(PQKBManifestationID)11111658(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100786(PQKBWorkID)10037684(PQKB)10708891(MiAaPQ)EBC454543(MdBmJHUP)muse8603(Au-PeEL)EBL454543(CaPaEBR)ebr10309859(EXLCZ)99100000000077494020040210d2004 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAlabama in the twentieth century[electronic resource] /Wayne FlyntTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20041 online resource (621 p.)The modern SouthDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-1430-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [545]-578) and index.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. 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 Modern South.AlabamaHistory20th centuryAlabamaCivilization20th centuryElectronic books.976.1/063Flynt Wayne1940-1036563MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454470403321Alabama in the twentieth century2456975UNINA