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Autore: | Jackson Harvey H |
Titolo: | Inside Alabama [[electronic resource] ] : a personal history of my state / / Harvey H. Jackson III |
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 | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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.: | 9910453926703321 |
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