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Far East, Down South
Asians in the American South
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780817360382
Pub Date: October 2021
Format: Paperback
Far East, Down South: Asians in the American South 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
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
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
Before Brown details the ferment in civil rights that took place across the South before the momentous Brown vs. Board of Education decision in 1954. This collection refutes the notion that the movement began with the Supreme Court decision, and suggests, rather, that the movement originated in the 1930s and earlier, spurred by the Great Depression and, later, World War II—events that would radically shape the course of politics in the South and the nation into the next century.
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
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

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
This Bright Light of Ours
Stories from the Voting Rights Fight
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9780817361174
Pub Date: November 2023
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
Before Brown details the ferment in civil rights that took place across the South before the momentous Brown vs. Board of Education decision in 1954. This collection refutes the notion that the movement began with the Supreme Court decision, and suggests, rather, that the movement originated in the 1930s and earlier, spurred by the Great Depression and, later, World War II—events that would radically shape the course of politics in the South and the nation into the next century.
Alabama in the Twentieth Century
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9780817352660
Pub Date: July 2006
Format: Paperback
The Politics of Trust
Reubin Askew and Florida in the 1970s
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780817361167
Pub Date: October 2023
Format: Paperback