Edited by Raymond A. Mohl, John E. Van Sant and Chizuru Saeki
Introduction by David M Reimers
Preface by Raymond A. Mohl, John E. Van Sant and Chizuru Saeki
Contributions by Christopher A. Airriess, Daniel Bronstein, Angela Chia-Chen Chen, John Howard, John Jung, Verna M. Keith, Karen J. Leong, Wei Li, Vincent H. Melomo, Raymond A. Mohl, Greg Robinson, Chizuru Saeki and Wenxian Zhang
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.
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.
Civil Rights and White Backlash in the Modern South
Edited by Glenn Feldman
Contributions by Andrew M Manis, John White, Patricia Sullivan, John A. Salmond, Jennifer E. Brooks, Sarah Hart Brown, Raymond Arsenault, Linda Beito, Adam Fairclough, Pamela Tyler and Glenn Feldman
Foreword by Patricia Sullivan
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.
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
