The Modern South

Launched in 2002 by founding editor Glenn Feldman (1962–2015), The Modern South book series publishes works of critical scholarship on the history of the modern American South.
Series Editors:
Susan Youngblood Ashmore (sashmor [at] emory [dot] edu)
Kari Frederickson (kari [at] ua [dot] edu)
Acquisitions Editor: Claire Lewis Evans (cevans [at] uapress.ua.edu)
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The Politics of Trust
Reubin Askew and Florida in the 1970s
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780817361167
Pub Date: October 2023
Format: Paperback
Recounts the extraordinary political career of Reubin Askew, governor of Florida from 1971 to 1979, under whose unorthodox leadership Florida undertook numerous successful reform initiatives
This Bright Light of Ours
Stories from the Voting Rights Fight
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9780817361174
Pub Date: November 2023
Format: Paperback
Combining memoir with oral history, creates a vivid and searing portrait of the Freedom Summer of 1965
Far East, Down South
Asians in the American South
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780817360382
Pub Date: October 2021
Format: Paperback
Offers a collection of ten insightful essays that illuminate the little-known history and increasing presence of Asian immigrants in the American southeast
Here I Stand
The Life and Legacy of John Beecher
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780817360191
Pub Date: March 2021
Format: Paperback
Biography of a forgotten poet who used his name and influence to speak up for those on the margins of society
In the Shadow of Hitler
Alabama's Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780817358686
Pub Date: June 2016
Format: Paperback
Dan J. Puckett’s In the Shadow of Hitler explores and documents how Alabama Jews became aware of and responded to the coming of the Second World War and the Nazi persecution of European Jews.
Alabama in the Twentieth Century
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9780817352660
Pub Date: July 2006
Format: Paperback
An authoritative popular history that places the state in regional and national context
History and Hope in the Heart of Dixie
Scholarship, Activism, and Wayne Flynt in the Modern South
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9780817353209
Pub Date: August 2006
Format: Paperback
This collection of essays on the social and political history of the modern South consider the region’s poor, racial mores and race relations, economic opportunity, Protestant activism, political coalitions and interest groups, social justice, and progressive reform.History and Hope in the Heart of Dixie illuminates the dual role of historian and public advocate in modern America. In a time when the nation’s eyes have been focused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita onto the vulnerability and dire condition of poor people in the South, the applicability of research, teaching, and activism for this voiceless element seems all the more relevant.
Stand Up for Alabama
Governor George Wallace
Price: $54.95
ISBN: 9780817315740
Pub Date: November 2007
Format: Hardcover
Whereas other studies have focused on George Wallace’s career as a national figure, Stand Up for Alabama provides a detailed, comprehensive, and analytical study of Wallace’s political life that emphasizes his activities and their impact within the state of Alabama. Jeff Frederick examines the development of policy during the Wallace administrations and documents relationships with his constituents in ways that go beyond racial politics. He also analyzes the connections between Wallace’s career and Alabamians’ understanding of their history, sense of morality, and class system.
Before Brown
Civil Rights and White Backlash in the Modern South
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780817351342
Pub Date: September 2004
Format: Paperback
Details the ferment in civil rights that took place across the South before the momentous Brown vs. Board of Education decision in 1954

The Politics of Trust
Reubin Askew and Florida in the 1970s
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780817361167
Pub Date: October 2023
Format: Paperback
This Bright Light of Ours
Stories from the Voting Rights Fight
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9780817361174
Pub Date: November 2023
Format: Paperback
Far East, Down South
Asians in the American South
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780817360382
Pub Date: October 2021
Format: Paperback
Here I Stand
The Life and Legacy of John Beecher
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780817360191
Pub Date: March 2021
Format: Paperback
In the Shadow of Hitler
Alabama's Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780817358686
Pub Date: June 2016
Format: Paperback
Alabama in the Twentieth Century
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9780817352660
Pub Date: July 2006
Format: Paperback
History and Hope in the Heart of Dixie
Scholarship, Activism, and Wayne Flynt in the Modern South
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9780817353209
Pub Date: August 2006
Format: Paperback
Stand Up for Alabama
Governor George Wallace
Price: $54.95
ISBN: 9780817315740
Pub Date: November 2007
Format: Hardcover
Whereas other studies have focused on George Wallace’s career as a national figure, Stand Up for Alabama provides a detailed, comprehensive, and analytical study of Wallace’s political life that emphasizes his activities and their impact within the state of Alabama. Jeff Frederick examines the development of policy during the Wallace administrations and documents relationships with his constituents in ways that go beyond racial politics. He also analyzes the connections between Wallace’s career and Alabamians’ understanding of their history, sense of morality, and class system.
Before Brown
Civil Rights and White Backlash in the Modern South
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780817351342
Pub Date: September 2004
Format: Paperback