Inside Alabama [[electronic resource] ] : a personal history of my state / / Harvey H. Jackson III

• Autore: Jackson Harvey H
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (346 p.)
• Disciplina: 976.1
• Soggetto geografico: Alabama History; Alabama Politics and government
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-320) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Back when it belonged to the Indians -- Frontier Alabama -- Becoming a state -- Antebellum Alabama -- Stumbling toward secession -- Secession and Civil War -- After the war that never ended -- A world made by Bourbons, for Bourbons -- White man's Alabama -- Depression and war -- Alabama after the war: "Big Jim" and beyond -- Old times there should not be forgotten -- The age of Wallace -- The age of Wallace and after -- Epilogue : To sum it up.
• Sommario/riassunto: An affectionate, irreverent, candid look at the ""Heart of Dixie."" This book tells Alabama's history in a conversational style with an unapologetically subjective approach. Accessible to general readers and students alike, it recounts the history and politics of a state known for its colorful past, told by one of the state's most noted historians and educators, whose family came to the territory before statehood. A native and resident Alabamian, Harvey Jackson has spent a lifetime discovering and trying to understand his state. Expressing deep love for its people and culture, he is no less cr
• Titolo autorizzato: Inside Alabama
• ISBN: 0-8173-8199-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824751603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Alabama Fire Ant