Alabama in the twentieth century [[electronic resource] /] / Wayne Flynt

• Autore: Flynt Wayne <1940->
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (621 p.)
• Disciplina: 976.1/063
• Soggetto geografico: Alabama History 20th century; Alabama Civilization 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [545]-578) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Alabama in the twentieth century
• ISBN: 0-8173-8186-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454470403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Modern South.