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“kari frederickson”

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  • Deep South Dynasty

    The Bankheads of Alabama

    by Kari A. Frederickson ...
    WINNER OF THE GULF SOUTH HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION'S MICHAEL V. R. THOMASON BOOK AWARDFamily, influence, and the making of Southern power.From Reconstruction through the end of World War II, the Bankheads served as the principal architects of the political, economic, and cultural framework of Alabama and the greater South. As a family, they were instrumental in fashioning the New South and the ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968

    by Kari Frederickson ...
    In 1948, a group of conservative white southerners formed the States' Rights Democratic Party, soon nicknamed the "Dixiecrats," and chose Strom Thurmond as their presidential candidate. Thrown on the defensive by federal civil rights initiatives and unprecedented grassroots political activity by African Americans, the Dixiecrats aimed to reclaim conservatives' former preeminent position within the ... Read more

    $27.19 CAD

  • Cold War Dixie

    Militarization and Modernization in the American South

    by Kari Frederickson ...
    Focusing on the impact of the Savannah River Plant (SRP) on the communities it created, rejuvenated, or displaced, this book explores the parallel militarization and modernization of the Cold War-era South. The SRP, a scientific and industrial complex near Aiken, South Carolina, grew out of a 1950 partnership between the Atomic Energy Commission and the DuPont Corporation and was dedicated to ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Reading Southern History

    Essays on Interpreters and Interpretations

    by John White, Junius P. Rodriguez, Kari A. Frederickson, Anthony Gene Carey, Joe W. Trotter, John Shelton Reed, Daniel Joseph Singal, Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, Judith N. McArthur, Jean H. Baker, James Oakes, Anastatia Sims, Ted Ownby, Bruce Clayton, John Herbert Roper, David S. Heidler, Ph.D., Dr. Jeanne T. Heidler, Ph.D. ...
    This collection of essays examines the contributions of some of the most notable interpreters of southern history and culture, furthering our understanding of the best historical work produced on the region.Historian Glenn Feldman gathers together a group of essays that examine the efforts of important scholars to discuss and define the South's distinctiveness. The volume includes 18 chapters on ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

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  • The American South

    A History, Volume 2, From Reconstruction to the Present, Fifth Edition

    by Christopher Childers, Thomas E. Terrill, William J. Cooper Jr. ...
    In The American South: A History, Fifth Edition, William J. Cooper, Jr. and Thomas E. Terrill demonstrate their belief that it is impossible to divorce the history of the South from the history of the United States. The authors' analysis underscores the complex interaction between the South as a distinct region and the South as an inescapable part of America. Cooper and Terrill show how the ... Read more

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  • Biographies of the New World Power More

    Rutherford B. Hayes, Thomas Alva Edison, Margaret Sanger, and

    by Michael Anderson ...
    Series series Impact on America: Collective Biographies
    Following the end of the American Civil War, the country’s landscape transformed dramatically as it experienced economic growth, saw the emergence of various progressive social movements, and engaged as never before in international affairs. The drivers of these changes included presidents, political and business leaders, social activists, inventors, writers, and artists. This engaging volume ... Read more

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  • South Carolina in the Modern Age

    by Walter B. Edgar ...
    A nuanced view of the Palmetto State in the twentieth century as written by the state's leading historianOriginally published in 1992, South Carolina in the Modern Age was the first history of contemporary South Carolina to appear in more than a quarter century and helped establish the reputation of the Palmetto State's premier historian, Walter Edgar, who had not yet begun the two landmark ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Presidents

    Noted Historians Rank America's Best--and Worst--Chief Executives

    by Brian Lamb, Susan Swain ...
    The complete rankings of our best -- and worst -- presidents, based on C-SPAN's much-cited Historians Surveys of Presidential Leadership.Over a period of decades, C-SPAN has surveyed leading historians on the best and worst of America's presidents across a variety of categories -- their ability to persuade the public, their leadership skills, their moral authority, and more. The crucible of the ... Read more

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  • The Black Cabinet

    The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt

    by Jill Watts ...
    An in-depth history exploring the evolution, impact, and ultimate demise of what was known in the 1930s and '40s as FDR's Black Cabinet.In 1932 in the midst of the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the presidency with the help of key African American defectors from the Republican Party. At the time, most African Americans lived in poverty, denied citizenship rights and terrorized by ... Read more

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  • Reconstruction Updated Edition

    America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-18

    by Eric Foner ...
    From the "preeminent historian of Reconstruction" (New York Times Book Review), the prize-winning classic work on the post-Civil War period that shaped modern America.Eric Foner's "masterful treatment of one of the most complex periods of American history" (New Republic) redefined how the post-Civil War period was viewed.Reconstruction chronicles the way in which Americans—black and white ... Read more

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  • Land of Promise

    An Economic History of the United States

    by Michael Lind ...
    Michael Lind's Land of Promise is "[an] ambitious economic history of the United States . . . rich with details" ( New York Times Book Review).How did a weak collection of former British colonies become an industrial, financial, and military colossus?From the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries, the American economy has been transformed by wave after wave of emerging technology: the steam ... Read more

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  • Coolidge

    by Amity Shlaes ...
    New York Times Bestseller“Amity Shlaes’s new biography carries a different and highly relevant message. . . . Read Coolidge, and better understand the forces bearing on the President and Congress almost a century later.” — Paul Volcker“America’s 30th president has been much misunderstood. . . . Shlaes’s biography provides a window onto an unfairly tarnished period. It deserves to be widely read.” ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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