Inside Alabama

A Personal History of My State

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, State & Local
Cover of the book Inside Alabama by Harvey H. Jackson, University of Alabama Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Harvey H. Jackson ISBN: 9780817381998
Publisher: University of Alabama Press Publication: July 15, 2008
Imprint: Fire Ant Books Language: English
Author: Harvey H. Jackson
ISBN: 9780817381998
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Publication: July 15, 2008
Imprint: Fire Ant Books
Language: English

An affectionate, irreverent, candid look at the "Heart of Dixie."

This book tells Alabama's history in a conversational style with an unapolo-getically subjective approach. Accessible to general readers and students alike, it recounts the history and politics of a state known for its colorful past, told by one of the state's most noted historians and educators, whose family came to the territory before statehood. A native and resident Alabamian, Harvey Jackson has spent a lifetime discovering and trying to understand his state. Expressing deep love for its people and culture, he is no less critical of its shortcomings.

Inside Alabama, as the title implies, gives Jackson's insider's perspective on the events and conditions that shaped modern-day Alabama. With humor and candor, he explores the state's cultural, political, and economic development from prehistoric times to the dawning of the new millennium. Mound-builders, Hernando de Soto, William Bartram, Red Sticks, Andy Jackson, Bourbon Democrats, suffragettes, New Dealers, Hugo Black, Martin Luther King Jr., George Wallace, Rosa Parks all play colorful parts in this popular history. By focusing on state politics as the most accessible and tangible expression of these shaping forces, Jackson organizes the fourteen chapters chronologically, artfully explaining why the past is so important today.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

An affectionate, irreverent, candid look at the "Heart of Dixie."

This book tells Alabama's history in a conversational style with an unapolo-getically subjective approach. Accessible to general readers and students alike, it recounts the history and politics of a state known for its colorful past, told by one of the state's most noted historians and educators, whose family came to the territory before statehood. A native and resident Alabamian, Harvey Jackson has spent a lifetime discovering and trying to understand his state. Expressing deep love for its people and culture, he is no less critical of its shortcomings.

Inside Alabama, as the title implies, gives Jackson's insider's perspective on the events and conditions that shaped modern-day Alabama. With humor and candor, he explores the state's cultural, political, and economic development from prehistoric times to the dawning of the new millennium. Mound-builders, Hernando de Soto, William Bartram, Red Sticks, Andy Jackson, Bourbon Democrats, suffragettes, New Dealers, Hugo Black, Martin Luther King Jr., George Wallace, Rosa Parks all play colorful parts in this popular history. By focusing on state politics as the most accessible and tangible expression of these shaping forces, Jackson organizes the fourteen chapters chronologically, artfully explaining why the past is so important today.

More books from University of Alabama Press

Cover of the book The Archaeology of Houses and Households in the Native Southeast by Harvey H. Jackson
Cover of the book Southern Exposure by Harvey H. Jackson
Cover of the book The Vast and Terrible Drama by Harvey H. Jackson
Cover of the book Bluejackets in the Blubber Room by Harvey H. Jackson
Cover of the book Drone Warfare and Lawfare in a Post-Heroic Age by Harvey H. Jackson
Cover of the book Going for Gold by Harvey H. Jackson
Cover of the book The Voice of the River by Harvey H. Jackson
Cover of the book Homicidal Insanity, 1800-1985 by Harvey H. Jackson
Cover of the book Trigger Dance by Harvey H. Jackson
Cover of the book Con Thien by Harvey H. Jackson
Cover of the book The Pet Thief by Harvey H. Jackson
Cover of the book The Possibility of Music by Harvey H. Jackson
Cover of the book Mieres Reborn by Harvey H. Jackson
Cover of the book Unitarianism in the Antebellum South by Harvey H. Jackson
Cover of the book Southern Wonder by Harvey H. Jackson
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy