Perspectives On The American South

Author : Mary S. Hoffschwelle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813060330
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rosenwald Schools of the American South written by Mary S. Hoffschwelle and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rosenwald schools, scores of which still stand, exemplified the ideal educational environment - designed for efficiency, making full use of natural light to protect children's eyesight, and providing sufficient space for learning. Ironically, these schools, which represented the social centers of their African American communities, also helped to set standards for white schools.

Author : John B. Boles
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813183065
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Southerners written by John B. Boles and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revealing interpretation of the black experience in the South emphasizes the evolution of slavery over time and the emergence of a rich, hybrid African American culture. From the incisive discussion on the origins of slavery in the Chesapeake colonie

Author : Richard H. King
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814746837
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dixie Debates written by Richard H. King and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contemporary American South is a region of economic expansion, political sophistication, and, particularly, cultural ferment. Its literature is well-known and celebrated. But what of the popular cultural forms of expression that have done so much to reflect the curious tensions between the traditional South—white-dominated, rural, religous—and contemporary multicultural forms and discourses? This collection offers a wealth of exciting new perspectives on cultural studies in general and of the particular forms of popular Southern culture—from rock and roll to Cajun music to the impact on the South of tourism and the questions of genre and race in contemporary film-making.

Author : William L. Barney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Road to Secession written by William L. Barney and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the economic, political, and ideological factors which influenced the South's decision to secede.

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Download or read book Perspectives on the American South written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Brian Ward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813029788
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radio and the Struggle for Civil Rights in the South written by Brian Ward and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling book offers important new insights into the connections among radio, race relations, and the civil rights and black power movements in the South from the 1920s to the mid-1970s. For the mass of African Americans--and many whites--living in the region during this period, radio was the foremost source of news and information. Consequently, it is impossible to fully understand the origins and development of the African American freedom struggle, changes in racial consciousness, and the transformation of southern racial practices without recognizing how radio simultaneously entertained, informed, educated, and mobilized black and white southerners. While focusing on civil rights activities in Atlanta, Birmingham, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., and the state of Mississippi, the book draws attention to less well-known sites of struggle such as Columbus, Georgia, and Columbia, South Carolina, where radio also played a vital role. It explains why key civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King and organizations such as the NAACP, SCLC, and SNCC put a premium on access to the radio, often finding it far more effective than the print media or television in advancing their cause. The book also documents how civil rights advocates used radio to try to influence white opinions on racial matters in the South and beyond, and how the broadcasting industry itself became the site of a protracted battle for black economic opportunity and access to a lucrative black consumer market. In addition, Ward rescues from historical obscurity a roster of colorful deejays, announcers, station managers, executives, and even the odd federal bureaucrat, who made significant contributions to the freedom struggle through radio. Winner of the AEJMC award for the best journalism and mass communication history book of 2004 and a 2004 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award, this book restores radio to its rightful place in the history of black protest, race relations, and southern culture during the middle fifty years of the 20th century.

Author : James Charles Cobb
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
ISBN 13 : 9782881241086
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on the American South written by James Charles Cobb and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Craig Thompson Friend
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780820324234
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Southern Manhood written by Craig Thompson Friend and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning the era from the American Revolution to the Civil War, these nine pathbreaking original essays explore the unexpected, competing, or contradictory ways in which southerners made sense of manhood. Employing a rich variety of methodologies, the contributors look at southern masculinity within African American, white, and Native American communities; on the frontier and in towns; and across boundaries of class and age. Until now, the emerging subdiscipline of southern masculinity studies has been informed mainly by conclusions drawn from research on how the planter class engaged issues of honor, mastery, and patriarchy. But what about men who didn’t own slaves or were themselves enslaved? These essays illuminate the mechanisms through which such men negotiated with overarching conceptions of masculine power. Here the reader encounters Choctaw elites struggling to maintain manly status in the market economy, black and white artisans forging rival communities and competing against the gentry for social recognition, slave men on the southern frontier balancing community expectations against owner domination, and men in a variety of military settings acting out community expectations to secure manly status. As Southern Manhood brings definition to an emerging subdiscipline of southern history, it also pushes the broader field in new directions. All of the essayists take up large themes in antebellum history, including southern womanhood, the advent of consumer culture and market relations, and the emergence of sectional conflict.

Author : Roger Biles
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081315734X
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The South and the New Deal written by Roger Biles and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in as president, the South was unmistakably the most disadvantaged part of the nation. The region's economy was the weakest, its educational level the lowest, its politics the most rigid, and its laws and social mores the most racially slanted. Moreover, the region was prostrate from the effects of the Great Depression. Roosevelt's New Deal effected significant changes on the southern landscape, challenging many traditions and laying the foundations for subsequent alterations in the southern way of life. At the same time, firmly entrenched values and institutions militated against change and blunted the impact of federal programs. In The South and the New Deal, Roger Biles examines the New Deal's impact on the rural and urban South, its black and white citizens, its poor, and its politics. He shows how southern leaders initially welcomed and supported the various New Deal measures but later opposed a continuation or expansion of these programs because they violated regional convictions and traditions. Nevertheless, Biles concludes, the New Deal, coupled with the domestic effects of World War II, set the stage for a remarkable postwar transformation in the affairs of the region. The post-World War II Sunbelt boom has brought Dixie more fully into the national mainstream. To what degree did the New Deal disrupt southern distinctiveness? Biles answers this and other questions and explores the New Deal's enduring legacy in the region.

Author : Michael Ezra
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 159884038X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civil Rights Movement written by Michael Ezra and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-05-13 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work documents the importance of the civil rights movement and its lasting impression on American society and culture. This revealing volume looks at the struggle for individual rights from the social historian's perspective, providing a fresh context for gauging the impact of the civil rights movement on everyday life across the full spectrum of American society. From the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case to protests against the Vietnam War to the fight for black power, Civil Rights Movement: People and Perspectives looks at events that set the stage for guaranteeing America's promise to all Americans. In eight chapters, some of the country's leading social historians analyze the most recent investigations into the civil rights era's historical context and pivotal moments. Readers will gain a richer understanding of a movement that expanded well beyond its initial focus (the treatment of African Americans in the South) to include other Americans in regions across the nation.