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Willis Duke Weatherford : Race, Religion, and Reform in the American South / Andrew McNeill Canady.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Canady, Andrew McNeill, author.
- Series:
- New directions in southern history.
- New directions in Southern history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weatherford, Willis D. (Willis Duke), 1875-1970.
- Weatherford, Willis D.
- YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly--Biography.
- YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly.
- Liberals--Southern States--Biography.
- Liberals.
- Educators--Southern States--Biography.
- Educators.
- Southern States--Race relations.
- Southern States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (351 pages).
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
- Summary:
- Willis Duke Weatherford was one of the first prominent white southern liberals to dedicate his life to reforming the South's social system, eliminating violence and injustice through education, and opening a dialogue among the affected groups. In this comprehensive biography, Andrew McNeill Canady offers a reassessment of the influential educator's life and work.
- Contents:
- The making of a southern liberal
- A respectable religious message
- Sowing the seeds of southern liberalism
- Professionalizing the southern YMCA
- A liberal but never an activist
- Bringing a revival to the mountains.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2016.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8131-6876-7
- 0-8131-6816-3
- 0-8131-6817-1
- OCLC:
- 960458080
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