Nashville Way - Racial Etiquette and the Struggle for Social Justice in a Southern

Informationen zum Autor Benjamin Houston is a lecturer at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. He is the former director of the Remembering African American Pittsburgh oral history project at the Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy at Carnegie Mellon University. Klappentext Among Nashville's many slogans, the one that best reflects its emphasis on manners and decorum is the Nashville Way, a phrase coined by boosters to tout what they viewed as the city's amicable race relations. Benjamin Houston offers the first scholarly book on the history of civil rights in Nashville, providing new insights and critiques of this moderate progressivism for which the city has long been credited. Zusammenfassung Among Nashville’s many slogans, the one that best reflects its decorum is the Nashville Way, a phrase coined by boosters to tout the city’s amicable race relations. Houston offers the first scholarly book on the history of civil rights in Nashville, providing new insights and critiques of its moderate progressivism.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Houston
• Assisted by: Jane Dailey (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2012
• EAN: 9780820343273
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-4327-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Politics and Culture in the Tw; Politics and Culture in the Tw
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories