History And Hope in the Heart of Dixie - Scholarship, Activism, And Wayne Flynt in the Modern South

About the author

Gordon Earl Harvey is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Louisiana at Monroe and author of A Question of Justice: New South Governors and Education, 1968-1976. Richard D. Starnes is Assistant Professor of History at Western Carolina University and author of Creating the Land of the Sky: Tourism and Society in Western North Carolina. Glenn Feldman is Associate Professor in the Center for Labor Education and Research at The University of Alabama at Birmingham and author of Politics, Society, and the Klan in Alabama, 1915-1949.

Summary

A collection of essays on the social and political history of the modern South, considering the region's poor, racial mores and race relations, economic opportunity, Protestant activism, political coalitions and interest groups, social justice, and progressive reform. It illuminates the dual role of historian and public advocate in modern America.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Youngblood Ashmore, Brooks Blevins, Dan T. Carter, Glenn Feldman, Jeff Frederick, Gordon E. Harvey, Gordon E. (EDT)/ Starnes Harvey, Dwayne Key
• Assisted by: Glenn Feldman (Editor), Gordon Harvey (Editor), Gordon E. Harvey (Editor), Gordon Earl Harvey (Editor), Richard D. Starnes (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2006
• EAN: 9780817353209
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5320-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Modern South; Modern South
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science