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- Alabama: The History of a Deep South State, Bicentennial Edition
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: The University of Alabama Press
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A new and up-to-date edition of Alabama’s history to celebrate the state’s bicentennial
Alabama: The History of a Deep South State, Bicentennial Edition is a comprehensive narrative account of the state from its earliest days to the present. This edition, updated to celebrate the state’s bicentennial year, offers a detailed survey of the colorful, dramatic, and often controversial turns in Alabama’s evolution. Organized chronologically and divided into three main sections—the first concluding in 1865, the second in 1920, and the third bringing the story to the present—makes clear and interprets the major events that occurred during Alabama’s history within the larger context of the South and the nation.
Once the home of aboriginal inhabitants, Alabama was claimed and occupied by a number of European nations prior to becoming a permanent part of the United States in 1819. A cotton and slave state for more than half of the nineteenth century, Alabama seceded in 1861 to join the Confederate States of America, and occupied an uneasy and uncertain place in America’s post-Civil War landscape. Alabama’s role in the twentieth century has been equally tumultuous and dramatic.
General readers as well as scholars will welcome this up-to-date and scrupulously researched history of Alabama, which examines such traditional subjects as politics, military history, economics, race, and class. It contains essential accounts devoted to Native Americans, women, and the environment, as well as detailed coverage of health, education, organized labor, civil rights, and the many cultural developments, from literature to sport, that have enriched Alabama’s history. The stories of individual leaders, from politicians to creative artists, are also highlighted. A key facet of this landmark historical narrative is the strong emphasis placed on the common everyday people of Alabama, those who have been rightly described as the “bone and sinew” of the state.
Alabama: The History of a Deep South State, Bicentennial Edition is a comprehensive narrative account of the state from its earliest days to the present. This edition, updated to celebrate the state’s bicentennial year, offers a detailed survey of the colorful, dramatic, and often controversial turns in Alabama’s evolution. Organized chronologically and divided into three main sections—the first concluding in 1865, the second in 1920, and the third bringing the story to the present—makes clear and interprets the major events that occurred during Alabama’s history within the larger context of the South and the nation.
Once the home of aboriginal inhabitants, Alabama was claimed and occupied by a number of European nations prior to becoming a permanent part of the United States in 1819. A cotton and slave state for more than half of the nineteenth century, Alabama seceded in 1861 to join the Confederate States of America, and occupied an uneasy and uncertain place in America’s post-Civil War landscape. Alabama’s role in the twentieth century has been equally tumultuous and dramatic.
General readers as well as scholars will welcome this up-to-date and scrupulously researched history of Alabama, which examines such traditional subjects as politics, military history, economics, race, and class. It contains essential accounts devoted to Native Americans, women, and the environment, as well as detailed coverage of health, education, organized labor, civil rights, and the many cultural developments, from literature to sport, that have enriched Alabama’s history. The stories of individual leaders, from politicians to creative artists, are also highlighted. A key facet of this landmark historical narrative is the strong emphasis placed on the common everyday people of Alabama, those who have been rightly described as the “bone and sinew” of the state.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations
- pp. ix-xii
- Preface to the Bicentennial Edition
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Alabama: A Prospect
- pp. xv-xxviii
- 1. Native Peoples of Alabama
- pp. 3-17
- 3. Creeks and Americans at War
- pp. 36-53
- 7. The Cotton Kingdom
- pp. 93-112
- 8. Antebellum Society
- pp. 113-135
- 9. Party Politics and States’ Rights
- pp. 136-150
- 10. Yancey and the Alabama Platform
- pp. 151-169
- 11. The Secession Crisis
- pp. 170-185
- 12. At War with the Union
- pp. 186-202
- 13. The Home Front
- pp. 203-222
- 14. Reconstruction: The Second Beginning
- pp. 225-240
- 15. Radical Reconstruction
- pp. 241-258
- 18. New Winds and Old Voices
- pp. 288-304
- 19. The Defeat of Reform
- pp. 305-319
- 21. The Constitution of 1901
- pp. 343-354
- 22. The Chimerical Impulse of Progressivism
- pp. 355-375
- 23. Women in Alabama from 1865 to 1920
- pp. 376-391
- 27. Hard Times, 1930–1940
- pp. 465-493
- 28. How New a Deal in Alabama?
- pp. 494-509
- 29. A State Forged by War, 1940–1954
- pp. 510-523
- 32. Racial Politics and Economic Stagnation
- pp. 566-588
- Alabama: Past and Future
- pp. 645-654
- Appendix A: Governors of Alabama
- pp. 655-658
- Appendix B: Counties of Alabama
- pp. 659-662
- Bibliography
- pp. 691-736
- About the Authors
- p. 787
Additional Information
ISBN
9780817391669
Related ISBN(s)
9780817319748, 9780817359171
MARC Record
OCLC
1050979622
Pages
816
Launched on MUSE
2018-09-08
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2018