Alabama in the twentieth century / Wayne Flynt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flynt, Wayne, 1940-

Series:

Modern South.

The modern South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alabama--History--20th century.

Alabama.

Alabama--Civilization--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (621 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [545]-578) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8186-4

OCLC:

425968232