The Human Tradition in the New South

Herausgeber: Klotter, James C.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In The Human Tradition in the New South, historian James C. Klotter brings together twelve biographical essays that explore the region's political, economic, and social development since the Civil War. Like all books in this series, these essays chronicle the lives of ordinary Americans whose lives and contributions help to highlight the great transformations that occurred in the South. Including profiles ranging from Winnie Davis to Dizzy Dean, from Asa Candler to Harlan Sanders, the book brings to life this dynamic and vibrant region.

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Produktdetails

• The Human Tradition in America
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 387g
• ISBN-13: 9780742544765
• ISBN-10: 0742544761
• Artikelnr.: 21495169

Autorenporträt

James C. Klotter is the State Historian of Kentucky and professor of history at Georgetown College. He is the author of several books including Kentucky Justice, Southern Honor, and American Manhood and Kentucky: Portrait in Paradox 1900-1950 and the editor of The Human Tradition in the Old South.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1: The Lost Cause Legend About Winnie Davis, "The
Daughter of the Confederacy" Chapter 2: Black Zack and Uncle Amon Chapter
3: Asa Candler: Old Southerner in the New South Chapter 4: Alfred Holt
Stone: Conservative Racial Thought in the New South Chapter 5: Hester
Calvert: Farm Wife Chapter 6: Ma Rainey: Mother of the Blues Chapter 7:
Dizzy Dean: Baseball's Quintessential Southerner Chapter 8: Toward a New
Social Order in Dixie: Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson and the Industrial
Department of the National Board YWCA Chapter 9: Harlan Sanders: The Man
Who Would be Colonel Chapter 10: Blanche Terry and the White Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan Chapter 11: Ralph David Abernathy and the Civil Rights
Movement Chapter 12: Bill Henry Terry, Jr.: An African American's Journey
from Alabama to Vietnam and Back