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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Brings together twelve biographical essays that explore the region's political! economic! and social development since the Civil War. These essays chronicle the lives of ordinary Americans whose lives and contributions help to highlight the great transformations that occurred in the South. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: The Lost Cause Legend About Winnie Davis, "The Daughter of the Confederacy"Chapter 2: Black Zack and Uncle AmonChapter 3: Asa Candler: Old Southerner in the New SouthChapter 4: Alfred Holt Stone: Conservative Racial Thought in the New SouthChapter 5: Hester Calvert: Farm WifeChapter 6: Ma Rainey: Mother of the BluesChapter 7: Dizzy Dean: Baseball's Quintessential SouthernerChapter 8: Toward a New Social Order in Dixie: Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson and the Industrial Department of the National Board YWCAChapter 9: Harlan Sanders: The Man Who Would be ColonelChapter 10: Blanche Terry and the White Knights of the Ku Klux KlanChapter 11: Ralph David Abernathy and the Civil Rights MovementChapter 12: Bill Henry Terry, Jr.: An African American's Journey from Alabama to Vietnam and Back...
