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Lädt ... Alabama in the Twentieth Century (2004)von Wayne Flynt
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Gehört zur ReiheThe Modern South (2004) Auszeichnungen
An authoritative popular history that places the state in regional and national context. Alabama is a state full of contrasts. On the one hand, it has elected the lowest number of women to the state legislature of any state in the union; yet according to historians it produced two of the ten most important American women of the 20th century-Helen Keller and Rosa Parks. Its people are fanatically devoted to conservative religious values; yet they openly idolize tarnished football programs as the source of their heroes. Citizens who are puzzled by Alabama's maddening Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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 Google Books — Lädt ...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)976.1History and Geography North America South Central U.S. AlabamaKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt: (4.33)
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But Flynt delivers here in a journalistic style that keeps it moving.
He does a good job of showing cause and effect relationships/events. It's one of those books you wish you could memorize all of the facts.
If you want to know what really makes Alabama tick and you have the time, this is a good one. (