The Improbable Era: The South since World War II

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments Prologue I. The Postwar Economic Drama II. The Challenge to Racial Inequality III. The Achievement of Legal Equality IV. The Politics of Transition V. The Politics of Accommodation ix VI. Turbulent Progress in Education VII. Religion & Controversy VIII. After the Southern Renaissance IX. Music & the Visual Arts X. Change & Tradition in Southern Society XL The Enduring South Notes Bibliographical Note Index 1 11 30 43 59 74 98 119 137 150 168 185 195 205 215 ...