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contents acknowledgments   xi introduction   1 part one Habits of Judgment chapter one The Sez-you State   21 chapter two The Punitive Habit   65 part two Public Figures of Speech chapter three In the Ditch with Wallace   109 chapter four Oafs of Office   125 chapter five The One-trick Pony and the Man on the Horse   145 part three Stakes in the Heart of Dixie chapter six Black Alabamas   183 chapter seven Baghdad as Birmingham   213 chapter eight Invasions of Normalcy   233 epilogue   273 notes   279 selected bibliography   337 index   347 This page intentionally left blank ...

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