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Autore: | Thornton J. Mills <1943-> |
Titolo: | Dividing lines : municipal politics and the struggle for civil rights in Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma / / J. Mills Thornton III |
Pubblicazione: | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2002 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (749 p.) |
Disciplina: | 323.1/1960730761/09045 |
323.11960730761 | |
Soggetto topico: | Civil rights movements - Alabama - History - 20th century |
African Americans - Civil rights - Alabama | |
Political culture - Alabama - History - 20th century | |
Soggetto geografico: | Montgomery (Ala.) Politics and government 20th century |
Birmingham (Ala.) Politics and government 20th century | |
Selma (Ala.) Politics and government 20th century | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [585]-696) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Montgomery; 3. Birmingham; 4. Selma; 5. Aftermath; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | With this bold offering from two decades of research, J. Mills Thornton III presents the story of the civil rights movement from the perspective of community-municipal history at the grassroots level. Thornton demonstrates that the movement had powerful local sources in its three birth cities-Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma. There, the arcane mechanisms of state and city governance and the missteps of municipal politicians and civic leaders-independent of emerging national trends in racial mores-led to the great swell of energy for change that became the civil rights movement. < |
Titolo autorizzato: | Dividing lines |
ISBN: | 0-8173-8098-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910806982603321 |
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