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Taming Alabama : lawyers and reformers, 1804-1929 / Paul M. Pruitt, Jr. ; with an introduction by G. Ward Hubbs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pruitt, Paul M., Jr. (Paul McWhorter), 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social reformers--Alabama--Biography.
- Social reformers.
- Alabama--History--1819-1950.
- Alabama.
- Alabama--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Taming Alabama focuses on persons and groups who sought to bring about reforms in the political, legal, and social worlds of Alabama. Most of the subjects of these essays accepted the fundamental values of nineteenth and early twentieth century white southern society; and all believed, or came to believe, in the transforming power of law. As a starting point in creating the groundwork of genuine civility and progress in the state, these reformers insisted on equal treatment and due process in elections, allocation of resources, and legal proceedings. T
- Contents:
- Harry Toulmin: a frontier justinian
- Benjamin F. Porter: Whig and law reformer
- Julia Tutwiler: preparation for a lifetime of reform
- James F. Smith: ordination and order
- Thomas Goode Jones: personal code of a public man
- Joseph C. Manning: defender of the voteless
- Henry D. Clayton: plantation progressive on the federal bench.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8328-X
- OCLC:
- 664233632
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